Brazil directs X to ‘immediately’ block Grok sexualized deepfakes
Brazil on Wednesday told Elon Musk’s social network X to stop its chatbot from creating sexually explicit images, the latest country to pressure the billionaire…
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India imposes grip on social media with new three-hour takedown rule
India’s government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified, tightening on Tuesday an earlier 36-hour…
AI tools more likely to provide ‘incorrect’ medical advice
Artificial intelligence tools are more likely to provide incorrect medical advice when the misinformation comes from what the software considers to be an authoritative source,…
Latam-GPT: Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias
Move over ChatGPT — on Tuesday, Chile will launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry….
Major success in the preparation of Pakistani space mission, two candidates enter the final stage
The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Commission (SPARCO) has crossed another historic milestone in the preparation of the country’s space mission. According to the details,…
Larger smartphones to rule the roost as compact phones fade away
The size of smartphones appears set to grow even further, with new industry reports suggesting that the era of compact, powerful devices may be nearing…
SpaceX shifts focus from Mars to Moon
SpaceX is putting its longstanding focus of sending humans to Mars on the backburner to prioritize establishing a settlement on the Moon, founder Elon Musk…
Nvidia Becomes World’s First Company to Briefly Cross $5 Trillion Market Value
US technology giant NVIDIA has become the first company in corporate history to briefly surpass a market capitalisation of $5 trillion, driven by soaring global…
Two Pakistani astronauts selected for space mission
The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) has achieved yet another significant milestone in Pakistan’s Human Spaceflight Programme with the successful completion of…
Intel, AMD warns customers in China of lengthy waits for CPUs
Intel and AMD have notified Chinese customers of supply shortages for server central processing units (CPUs), with Intel warning of delivery lead times of up…