Online Scams: How Our Personal Data Is Being Used Against Us
France is experiencing a data‑breach crisis, with a leak reported roughly every hour and recent incidents at La Poste, France Travail and the ANTS portal exposing millions of records. Criminals buy this information on underground forums and use it to stage sophisticated scams, as illustrated by a fitness coach who lost €8,000 (about $8,700) after a fake customs text and a phone call from an impostor bank adviser. In response, the French government has earmarked €200 million (approximately $218 million) for an emergency cybersecurity plan, but experts warn the funding only enables a catch‑up effort.
Blonde, Fervent and Fake: Can AI-Generated Trump Fans Boost Him in the Midterms?
AI-generated avatars that echo Trump’s MAGA rhetoric are proliferating on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, creating hyper‑realistic influencers that mimic real supporters. Purdue University’s GRAIL lab has catalogued hundreds of these synthetic accounts, some amassing nearly a million followers before platform...
One Page Peace Plan for Iran? Starmer’s Sinking Ship, Musk V Altman
A fourteen‑point, one‑page memorandum drafted by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner has been sent to Pakistani mediators as a potential cease‑fire framework for the ten‑week Iran‑Israel conflict, offering a 30‑day window to negotiate nuclear, Strait of Hormuz, and sanctions issues....
French Prosecutors Seek Charges Against Musk and X over Grok Content
French prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Elon Musk and his social platform X, alleging complicity in the possession and distribution of child sexual‑abuse images, non‑consensual deepfakes, and Holocaust denial content generated by the AI chatbot Grok. The probe...
AI Actors and Writers Will Not Be Eligible for Oscars, Academy Says
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that AI‑generated actors and chatbot‑written scripts will be ineligible for Oscar consideration. Only performances performed by live humans with consent and screenplays authored by a person qualify. The decision follows recent...
Musk vs Altman: Beyond Battle of Egos, Who Gets Final Say on AI?
Elon Musk has launched a $150 billion lawsuit against Sam Altman, alleging that OpenAI’s leadership violated the company’s original nonprofit charter. The legal battle centers on OpenAI’s transition to a publicly traded entity and its deepening partnership with Microsoft. Experts argue...
AI Is Already Getting Boring
The article argues that artificial intelligence, despite lofty predictions from leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk, is settling into a mundane role in everyday work. In architecture firms, AI assists with concept generation but still requires human judgment, and...
US-China AI Race Intensifies as DeepSeek Releases 'Reduced' Cost Model
Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled DeepSeek‑V4, an ultra‑long‑context AI model that can handle up to one million words while dramatically lowering compute and memory costs. The release includes a 1.6 trillion‑parameter Pro version and a 284 billion‑parameter Flash variant marketed as the more...
Musk Fails to Appear at French Court Hearing over Sexualised AI Deepfakes on X
French prosecutors are investigating X, Elon Musk’s social‑media platform, for alleged misuse of its AI chatbot Grok, including the creation of sexual deepfakes and possible child‑pornography distribution. The probe also accuses X of illicit data extraction and algorithmic bias. Musk...
Iran, Magyar, Mythos and the Pope
Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open, ending a nearly seven‑week de‑facto blockade. In response, President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and warned of attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure as a pending deal expires...
Pope Leo Warns AI Boom Could Fuel Polarisation, Violence in Cameroon Address
Pope Leo XIV used his Cameroon address to warn that artificial intelligence could amplify polarization, conflict, fear and violence, especially as societies replace reality with simulations. He also condemned the environmental devastation caused by rare‑earth mining that fuels the AI...
Israeli Military Admits to Posting AI Photo of Lebanese Journalist It Killed
The Israeli Defence Forces admitted that the photo they posted of Lebanese journalist Ali Shoeib, killed in a March air strike, was digitally altered with AI. The army used the image to portray Shoeib as a Hezbollah combatant, despite lacking...
'L'Abuso': Real Italian Magazine Cover of Israeli Settler Sparks Online Storm
L'Espresso released a cover titled "L'Abuso" featuring an armed Israeli settler pointing a smartphone at a distressed Palestinian woman, prompting the Israeli ambassador to denounce the image as manipulative and hateful. Photographer Pietro Masturzo asserted the photo is genuine, captured...
YouTube Bans Viral Pro-Iran AI-Generated LEGO Videos Trolling Trump
YouTube suspended the Explosive Media channel, an Iran‑linked group that produced AI‑generated LEGO‑style videos mocking President Donald Trump and claiming Iranian victory in the Middle East conflict. The ban cited violations of YouTube’s violent content and spam policies after a...
Iran Targets US Public Opinion with Online Information War
Following President Trump’s announcement of US‑Israel strikes on Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly launched an online information campaign using AI‑generated videos and images. Within 24 hours, dozens of IRGC‑linked accounts posted deepfakes that mocked Trump and fabricated battlefield...