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Iran ‘slopaganda’: We tried recreating viral Lego-style AI videos

After Donald Trump announced a pause to the US operation in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s online propaganda machine was quick to declare victory. Explosive Media, one of the groups behind Lego-style videos mocking Trump, proclaimed it “TACO Tuesday”, ie that the US president had “chickened out”. Meanwhile, Minecraft, the Minions and Simpsons-style characters are

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Musk vs. Altman: Battle of the tech bros underway in California courthouse

It’s being called the most consequential courtroom drama Silicon Valley has ever produced. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is squaring off against Sam Altman, the man who put artificial intelligence in everyone’s pocket, in a federal courthouse in Oakland, California.

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The law is coming for social media, with the science still uncertain

The law is finally catching up with social media. This week, a California jury found Meta and Google liable for addicting a child to their platforms. On Tuesday, the French Senate will vote to ban under-15s from social media, with other countries making similar plans. Is humanity saved? Or are things more complicated than that?

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Trump announces AI chatbot ban while Pentagon uses it to prepare Iran attacks

In the hours leading up to the US attack on Iran, Donald Trump announced that technology company Anthropic would be banned from all work with the federal government. At the same time, Anthropic’s artificial intelligence chatbot Claude was reportedly being used by the Pentagon to prepare the attack. FRANCE 24 tech journalist Charlotte Lam gives

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