Sextortion is on the rise in the US, with the government warning citizens to be on the lookout as perverts abuse AI to perpetrate the offense on unsuspecting individuals. A former police officer has revealed warning signs that individuals should
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has testified before Congress, where he apologized to families of children who suffered online abuse, including on Meta’s platforms. This followed a hearing where the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the CEOs of five big tech companies
Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and others are racing to integrate multimodal AI to build smart glasses and other wearable devices with front-looking cameras. Multimodal AI is a powerful form of the technology that combines many sources of
Privacy campaigners have revealed several children’s AI gadgets and toys that collect data by secretly listening to their conversations and anyone close by. One of the gadgets, Angel Watch, which has been touted as a “child-safe wearable mobile phone,” has
Tech firms, with the support of various governments, have signed a pledge for a collaborative effort to end the spread of child sexual abuse content created by AI. Firms like TikTok, Snapchat, Stability AI, and others have signed a joint
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta recently released AI chatbots that have left the internet confused and freaking out because of their very close resemblance to celebrities, and people think they are dystopian. The social media platform introduced 28 chatbots
Snapchat users freaked out after its AI powered chatbot “My AI” posted a bizarre story, and weird chats, and stopped responding, leaving users unsettled and forcing them to delete the app. Others were left wondering if this could be the
Shelly Palmer, a Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University, argues that TikTok poses no more of a threat than Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, or other apps. ByteDance’s ubiquitous short video-sharing platform is facing continuous restrictions in the western
As parents and lawmakers become increasingly worried about how children and teenagers use online services, social media and streaming platforms are grappling with the challenge of determining the most effective methods for verifying a user’s age, reports AXIOS. The minimum
Snap, the parent company of popular photo messaging app Snapchat, is rolling out its own AI-powered chatbot. The company told Reuters the chatbot, dubbed My AI, will only be available for premium subscribers of Snapchat+, which costs $3.99 a month.
Three UK police forces from a total of 45 have recorded instances of child abuse in the metaverse, though case numbers remain low for now. The revelations come as part of a UK-wide investigation by the National Society for the
Snap’s popular photo and text app, Snapchat, is reportedly under investigation by FBI and The Justice Department over its involvement in the distribution of fentanyl. Bloomberg reported that the investigators have been contacting the families of children who died after
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