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Malaysia to take legal action against Elon Musk's X and xAI over misuse of Grok chatbot

Authorities said Grok was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual AI images....

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My nonprofit celebrates birthdays for families who can't afford them. In 14 years, I've never grown tired of seeing their joy.

Paige Chenault Lohoefer founded The Birthday Project in 2012 Courtesy of This be Grace Paige Chenault Lohoefer is the founder of the nonprofit The Birthday Party Project. The organization celebrates k...

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I moved to Spain over a decade ago and visit the Bay Area yearly. After a few weeks in California, I remember why I stay abroad.

The author left San Francisco over a decade ago. Courtesy of the author I crave going home to the Bay Area, but long visits remind me why Spain feels right. The Bay Area feels car-bound, expensive, ru...

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Why millennials are yearning for 2016 all over Instagram

People are taking to Instagram to reminisce 2016 in all its fishnet-stocking glory. Melodie Jeng/Getty Images 2016 is so back — at least on Instagram. Millennials are putting up pictures of them...

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I started drinking at 14, and it became a dangerous habit for more than 55 years. I'm finally sober at 70.

From left: Barbara Face pictured as a teenager when she first started drinking, at the height of her alcoholism, and sober, as she is today. Courtesy of Barbara Face Barbara Face began drinking at 14 ...

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Why IRC is better than Real Life

Article URL: https://everything2.com/node/e2node/Why%20IRC%20is%20better%20than%20Real%20Life Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611119 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...

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X hasn’t really stopped Grok AI from undressing women in the UK

Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...

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I'm still working in the medical field at 83. My husband doesn't need me at home staring at him all day — I want to be productive.

Barbara Ford, 83, works in the medical field. Laura Thompson for BI This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Barbara Ford, an 83-year-old registered nurse and patient advocate for a healt...

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UN chief attacks world leaders putting cooperation on 'deathwatch' in final annual speech

Guterres also used his wide-ranging remarks to urge action against the abuse of artificial intelligence and to call for efforts to fight inequality....

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Uber and DoorDash delivery workers missed $550 million worth of tips in New York City, a city report estimates

Changes to how customers tip on Uber Eats and DoorDash have led to lower earnings for gig workers, according to a report from New York City. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Uber Eats and DoorDas...

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California's Attorney General is investigating Grok's sexualized deepfakes

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there was an "avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty I...

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How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back

Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...

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X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

Following the proliferation of the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X, the platform has detailed changes to the Grok account's ability to edit images of real people. They match the changes reported o...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46633378 Points: 47 # Comments: 12...

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Ugandans vote amid internet blackout and police repression

Ugandans head to the polls on Thursday for presidential elections with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his 40 years in power amid repression and internet blackouts....

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At least 3,428 killed in Iranian security crackdown on protesters, rights group says

Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests....

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Sen. Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon. Legal experts say veterans' rights are at stake.

Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...

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Jafar Panahi: 'Every minute's delay in helping Iranian people means more innocents are killed'

Jafar Panahi, a renowned Iranian film-maker, is urging the international community to help Iranian people because he says the Islamic Republic has lost its legitimacy and will stop at nothing to survi...

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Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk's xAI over alleged explicit Grok deepfake images

Ashley St. Clair sues xAI over Grok chatbot allegedly generating explicit deepfake images of her, using images from when she was 14 years old. Maja Smiejkowska/REUTERS Ashley St. Clair sued xAI, alleg...

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Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai

With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...

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