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AI tool Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says

Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream Online criminals are claiming to have used Elon Musk’s Grok AI tool to create sexual imagery of children, as a child safety watchdog warned the technology risked bringing such material into the mainstream. The UK-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) …

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AI chatbot maker Anthropic plans to raise $10bn to reach $350bn valuation

Startup founded by former OpenAI staff is aiming to more than double its annualized revenue run rate this year Anthropic is planning a $10bn fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350bn, according to multiple reports published on Wednesday. The new valuation represents an increase of nearly double from about four months ago, …

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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles review – remastered 1997 classic is even more politically resonant now

PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch/Switch 2, Xbox, PC; Square-EnixThis landmark role-playing game remains a revolutionary tour de force At first glance, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, first released in 1997 and now available in newly remastered guise, does little to separate itself from other boilerplate fantasy fiction. There is a hero, Ramza – an idealistic …

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Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far-right proxies | Armida va Rij

US tech bosses are exerting leverage on EU regulators via Trump and Vance. But Europe isn’t powerless, and it isn’t alone The US is advancing a new global order. Over the past eight decades Washington pursued – when it suited American interests – an order based on international law, liberalism, multilateralism and democratic values. The …

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Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row

Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children UK politics live – latest updates The influential Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media site’s AI tool began generating thousands of digitally altered images of women and children …

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From final boss battles to the dangers of open-world bloat, TV and film can learn a lot from video games

In this week’s newsletter: Stranger Things’ climactic showdown is the latest pop culture spectacle to feel like its been ported straight from a console. The industries’ reciprocally influential relationship can be to everyone’s gain • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It had begun to feel like an endurance test …

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‘A sign to change your technique’: how to make your toothbrush last longer – and keep it out of landfill

They may be small, but toothbrushes can create mountains of waste. Experts reveal how to clean and care for them and extend their life • The best electric toothbrushes, tested If toothbrushes were sentient, they’d complain about their lot in life. Their thankless existence involves repeatedly cleaning one of the grimmest parts of the body, …

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Elon Musk’s xAI announces it has raised $20bn amid backlash over Grok deepfakes

AI company’s chatbot faces criticism over its generation of sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and girls Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has raised $20bn in its latest funding round, the startup announced Tuesday, even as its marquee chatbot Grok faces backlash over generating sexualized, nonconsensual images of women and underage girls. xAI’s Series E funding …

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