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Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms

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Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to childrenInstagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.The announcement on Thursday comes as Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is in the midst of two trials over harms to children. Continue […]

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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more

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A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternativesThere’s not much to love about big tech these days. So many ills can be laid at its door: social media harms, misinformation, polarisation, mining and misuse of personal data,

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Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say

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Officers say flood of low-quality reports is draining resources and slowing cases amid New Mexico lawsuitMeta’s use of artificial intelligence software to moderate its social media platforms is generating large volumes of useless reports about cases of child sexual abuse, which are draining resources and hindering investigations, said officers from the US Internet Crimes Against

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Signs of psychosis seen in Australian users’ interactions with AI chatbots, expert warns

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Toby Walsh says he despairs at Australian government’s lack of regulation of artificial intelligenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA leading AI expert has warned some Australians are showing signs of psychosis or mania in their interactions with chatbots, arguing Silicon Valley is

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Meta could end up owning 10% of AMD in new chip deal

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Meta has struck a multi-billion dollar chip deal with AMD that could lead to the Facebook owner taking a 10 percent stake in the group, sending shares in the US chipmaker surging on Tuesday. The social media giant said it would acquire customized chips with a total capacity of 6 gigawatts from AMD as it

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Meta agrees $60bn deal with chipmaker AMD despite AI bubble fears

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Facebook owner’s investment described by semiconductor company as ‘big bet’ on artificial intelligenceBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Facebook has agreed to buy $60bn (£44.5bn) of artificial intelligence chips from the US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices despite fears over the vast sums being spent on the AI industry.Meta, which also owns Instagram and

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OpenClaw security fears lead Meta, other AI firms to restrict its use

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Last month, Jason Grad issued a late-night warning to the 20 employees at his tech startup. “You’ve likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for our environment,” he wrote in a Slack message with a red siren emoji. “Please keep Clawdbot off all company hardware and away from

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Zuckerberg grilled in landmark social media trial over teen mental health

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Meta chief says it has improved identifying underage users but adds ‘I always wish we could have gotten there sooner’The Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, testified at a landmark trial of social media companies on Wednesday. Plaintiffs’ lawyers grilled Zuckerberg about internal complaints that not enough was being done to verify whether children under 13 were

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Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer

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PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogynyDeepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has said, calling it a “national emergency” that the government must confront.Companies could

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Spain to investigate social media firms over AI-generated child sexual abuse material

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PM says action is looking at potential criminal liability in order to protect children and end ‘impunity’ of online platformsThe Spanish government will ask prosecutors to investigate the social media companies X, Meta and TikTok to determine whether they have committed criminal offences by allegedly allowing their AI to generate and disseminate child sexual abuse

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