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Comedian known for Miranda Sings character faces accusations of inappropriate behavior with minors and wearing blackface Colleen Ballinger’s podcast Oversharing and several of her live shows have now been canceled as the YouTuber known for her satirical teenage persona Miranda Sings continues to face criticism for allegedly behaving inappropriately toward underaged fans and wearing blackface. …

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Judge looking into alleged hacking of ministers’ phones with NSO Group spyware says Israel has not responded to requests A Spanish judge investigating the alleged hacking of ministers’ phones with Pegasus spyware has shelved his investigation over a “complete” lack of cooperation from Israel, a court statement said on Monday. In June 2022, José Luis …

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Over half of essays written by people were wrongly flagged as AI-made, with implications for students and job applicants Computer programs that are used to detect essays, job applications and other work generated by artificial intelligence can discriminate against people who are non-native English speakers, researchers say. Tests on seven popular AI text detectors found …

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US comedian joins two other authors in lawsuit claiming AI was trained on their work without permission The US comedian and author Sarah Silverman is suing the ChatGPT developer OpenAI and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for copyright infringement over claims that their artificial intelligence models were trained on her work without permission. Silverman has filed the …

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Twitter owner calls Facebook founder a ‘cuck’ as rancour grows over launch of Threads, a competitor to Musk’s network Twitter owner Elon Musk has suggested he and Mark Zuckerberg should have “a literal dick-measuring contest” in the latest broadside aimed at his rival billionaire. In a message inspired by the Meta chief executive’s launch last …

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Shops, hotels, even dentists: absolutely everyone who takes your money wants to how they are doing (or drilling). It’s driving me up the wall Multi-grit sandpaper, a “water butt connector pipe link kit”, a five-pack of AAA batteries, “slow blow” fuses, vacuum cleaner bags, a tea towel and nail clippers. Tidying my inbox, I see …

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Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover Twitter’s website traffic is “tanking” according to the chief of internet services company Cloudflare, amid signs users are migrating to alternative platforms such as Threads, BlueSky and Mastodon. On Sunday, Matthew Prince posted a graph from Cloudflare’s …

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Developers should grasp the opportunity to address misogyny in society rather than entrench it, says Liz Jackson Your article (Never underestimate a droid: robots gather at AI for Good summit in Geneva, 6 July) begins by listing four of the robot delegates that are attending the AI for Good summit – all four are “feminised …

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Long reviled by Twitter’s owner, @elonmusksjet is now tracking the billionaire’s jet from the new social media app The college student whose Twitter account monitored the course of Elon Musk’s private jet has moved his tracking project to Meta’s newly launched Threads. On Thursday, Jack Sweeney, a Florida college student and aviation enthusiast, launched his …

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HateAid in Germany alerted the social media giant to antisemitic and racist tweets, which were not taken down Twitter faces a landmark legal challenge after the social media giant failed to remove a series of hate-filled tweets reported by users in what could be a turning point in establishing new standards of scrutiny regarding online …

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