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Meta and X questioned by US legislators over AI-generated political deepfakes

US legislators are calling on social media platforms X, Facebook and Instagram to explain why they are not imposing labels on deceptive AI-generated political advertisements that could fake a candidate’s voice or actions. Two Democratic members of Congress have sent a letter to Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and X boss Linda Yaccarino expressing “serious […]

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Google AI ‘miles ahead’ of rivals and helps Pixel phones stand out, exec says

Google’s artificial intelligence tech is “miles ahead” of the competition, one company executive has said, as the firm unveiled its latest flagship smartphones. The new Google Pixel 8 and 8 Pro include the tech giant’s latest Tensor G3 processor, which Google says will allow AI to help users more easily carry out daily tasks. The […]

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UK Competition regulator to investigate £7.5bn cloud services market

Britain’s £7.5 billion cloud services market is to be investigated by the UK competition watchdog, after regulator Ofcom raised concerns about the dominance of technology giants Amazon and Microsoft. Ofcom confirmed it has referred the cloud services market, a backbone of the online world, to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for an in-depth probe, […]

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TikTok ends retail business in Indonesia after ban on social media shopping

TikTok has said it will halt its online retail operation in Indonesia to comply with the country’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms – a big blow to the video platform’s fastest-growing market. The Indonesian government announced the new regulation, which prohibits social media companies from facilitating sales of products on their […]

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Microsoft chief says unfair practices by Google led to search engine dominance

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has said unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine and in turn thwarted his own company’s rival programme, Bing. He gave evidence in a packed Washington DC courtroom as part of the government’s landmark antitrust trial against Google’s parent company Alphabet. The Justice Department […]

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File photo dated 16/03/23 of the app for TikTok on a phone screen. TikTok is now the most used single source of news across all platforms for teenagers in the UK, new research from Ofcom has found. The regulator's News Consumption In The UK 2022/23 report found TikTok is the favoured single news source among 12 to 15-year-olds. TikTok is most popular with young people and used by 28% of teenagers, followed by YouTube and Instagram, both at 25%, according to the figures. Issue date: Thursday July 20, 2023.

TikTok finds and shuts down secret operation to stir up conflict in Ireland

TikTok has uncovered and shut down a secretive operation to influence Irish users and whip up social conflict. The covert influence operation (CIO) network comprised 72 accounts with a total following of almost 95,000 users. The video sharing platform’s work to find and remove the accounts was detailed in a report to the European Commission. […]

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