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The Guardian view on regulating big tech: politicians must back Ofcom’s challenge to Musk | Editorial

A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety Act to the testThe unleashing on X (formerly Twitter) of a torrent of AI-generated images of women and children wearing bikinis, some in sexualised poses or with injuries, has rightly prompted a strong reaction from UK politicians and regulators. Monday’s […]

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Google parent Alphabet hits $4tn valuation after AI deal with Apple

After Apple chose Gemini to power Siri, Alphabet surpassed Apple to become second-most valuable company in worldGoogle’s parent company hit a major financial milestone on Monday, reaching a $4tn valuation for the first time and surpassing Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world.Alphabet is the fourth company to hit the $4tn milestone

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How This Agentic Memory Research Unifies Long Term and Short Term Memory for LLM Agents

How do you design an LLM agent that decides for itself what to store in long term memory, what to keep in short term context and what to discard, without hand tuned heuristics or extra controllers? Can a single policy learn to manage both memory types through the same action space as text generation? Researchers

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X rated: Ofcom investigates Grok – podcast

Ofcom has launched an investigation into X over its AI tool Grok – but what does it mean when the platform is widely used by the government? Plus, Pippa and Kiran discuss Nadhim Zahawi’s defection to Reform UK, and why it could both help and hinder the party Continue reading…

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UK probes Elon Musk’s X over ‘disgusting’ sexualised AI images created by Grok

The UK’s media regulator Ofcom launched a probe into X on Monday after its AI chatbot Grok was used to generate sexualised images of children and deepfakes. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged X’s owner Elon Musk “to get a grip” on Grok, describing the images as “disgusting”.

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Malaysia blocks Elon Musk’s Grok AI over fake, sexualised images

Country follows Indonesia in restricting access after global outcry over X’s AI toolMalaysia has become the second country to temporarily block access to Elon Musk’s Grok after a global outcry over the AI tool and its ability to produce fake, sexualised images.Malaysia said it would restrict access to Grok until effective safeguards were implemented, a

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Amazon insists I return a phone it says ‘may be lost’

I have paid two monthly £108 instalments but am now phone-less and out of pocketI ordered a £544 phone from Amazon. A tracking update later informed me that it “may be lost” and I could request a refund. I pressed the refund option and was directed to customer service, which insisted I wait a week

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Ofcom investigating Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualised AI images

Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishmentsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and remove their clothes.Ofcom has acted following a public

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UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children

Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifiesBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s X “is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online”, a minister has said, as the UK government prepares to outline possible action against the platform over the mass production of sexualised images

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Monday briefing: How Elon Musk’s Grok is being used as a tool for digital sexual abuse

In today’s newsletter: The chatbot is being used to digitally undress photos of women and children. What can politicians actually do to stop it, and what does it say about our control of the internet?Good morning. Last week, the UK technology secretary, Liz Kendall, said: “We cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these

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