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 X could 'lose right to self regulate', says Starmer

X could 'lose right to self regulate', says Starmer

2026-02-04 BBC
As discussed repeatedly in recent times, the artificial intelligence integrated into the social media platform X seems to be on everyone's lips due to the constant inappropriate use perpetrated by users of the application. Grok is, by its programming nature, a more permissive AI model than other services, which is why ...
 Exposing a Romance Scammer

Exposing a Romance Scammer

2026-02-03 Coffeezilla
Today's content comes, once again, from YouTuber and IT journalist Coffeezilla, who recently conducted an investigation into the vast world of online scams. As mentioned in a previous article in our newsroom, carrying out online scams is, sadly, becoming increasingly easy and, as a result, those less accustomed to usin...
 Government offers UK adults free AI training for work

Government offers UK adults free AI training for work

2026-02-02 BBC
Although public opinion often diverges, artificial intelligence has spread like wildfire, changing the approach to the professional environment in most countries. In the United Kingdom, for example, the government has recently begun to offer free training courses on how to use this controversial technology. The impact...
 Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again

Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again

2026-01-30 404 Media
Today's article recounts the experience of 404 Media journalist Emanuel Maiberg within a Telegram channel dedicated to “jailbreaking” Grok, X's artificial intelligence. The term refers to a process of manipulating the code of a system, an application or, in this case, an artificial intelligence model to make it act...
 Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity

Leading AI expert delays timeline for its possible destruction of humanity

2026-01-29 The Guardian
Since the rise of artificial intelligence, one of the most discussed topics has been the potential destructive power of this technology, its alleged and worrying ability to bring humanity to its ruin. The impact of this innovation on society, the economy and humankind itself is undeniable; the world seems markedly diff...
 What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies

What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies

2026-01-28 The Verge
For years, the relationship betweenApple and Google has been seen as one between two eternal enemies, unable to compromise but, at the same time, interested in the idea of collaborating. However, this eternal tug-of-war has finally come to an end. According to a recent announcement, Apple has stated that Google's artif...
 We Investigated Al Psychosis. What We Found Will Shock You

We Investigated Al Psychosis. What We Found Will Shock You

2026-01-27 More Perfect Union | Youtube
During 2025, OpenAI mistakenly released a version of ChatGPT with a worrying feature: excessive flattery of the user, sycophancy.GPT-4o caused a scandal, as this feature seemed to exceed any “common sense” possessed by AI. In order to satisfy and compliment the user, the model preferred to ignore potential warning ...
 I Got This Celebrity Scammer to Confess

I Got This Celebrity Scammer to Confess

2026-01-26 Coffeezilla
The reference content we are proposing today is different in nature from what we usually share, however, we believe that the investigations conducted by YouTuber and journalist Coffeezilla are of fundamental importance in achieving a greater understanding of the online scam landscape. Unlike his usual content, the vide...
 Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data

Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients' Data

2026-01-23 404 Media
The work of ICE is not a topic that people like to talk about, given its deplorable methods and objectively violent nature. However, now more than ever, it is essential to shed light on the actions of this US authority and, above all, on their inhumane consequences. To ensure that the public is aware of this, the Freed...
 MPs quit X over sexualised images and 'misogyny'

MPs quit X over sexualised images and 'misogyny'

2026-01-22 BBC
Twitter, following its rebranding to the much ‘modern’ X, has directly witnessed the increasingly rapid decline of its platform. The loss of the blue bird has had a deeper impact than expected, and more and more users have decided to leave the social media platform in question. Following the introduction of Grok, t...
 HarperCollins Will Use AI to Translate Harlequin Romance Novels

HarperCollins Will Use AI to Translate Harlequin Romance Novels

2026-01-21 404 Media
Writing a book undoubtedly requires the writer to possess a human soul. As we have seen several times in the past, the use of artificial intelligence in writing a novel produces results that are undoubtedly unpleasant, clearly lacking the true and real emotion of the human touch. The same line of thinking applies, as c...
 Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone

Are You Dead?: The viral Chinese app for young people living alone

2026-01-20 BBC
There comes a time, sooner or later, in everyone's life when they are forced to live alone, whether due to a temporary move for study or work, a search for new independence, or personal necessity. Living alone, however, despite being a goal widely sought after by younger people, is also an almost inevitable outcome for...
 Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it

Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it

2026-01-19 The Verge
The presence of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry is actually much more common than one might think. Before the rise of this technology as we know it today, AI was used in the entertainment industry for technological practices that required support: to rejuvenate actors, remove green screens, or hel...
 ICE Contracts Company Making Bounty Hunter AI Agents

ICE Contracts Company Making Bounty Hunter AI Agents

2026-01-16 404 Media
The regime of terror sadly perpetrated by the US government through the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has accompanied the Trump presidency since its inception, forcing more and more innocent people to leave their homes and endure psychologically and physically traumatic experiences, if not worse....
 Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves

2026-01-15 404 Media
During December 2025, the video surveillance company Flock Safety inadvertently left the live streams and control panels of several cameras in their possession completely exposed on the network of the vast world of the Internet. This “oversight” involved 60 Condor cameras equipped with artificial intelligence, the ...
 Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp

Italy tells Meta to suspend its policy that bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp

2026-01-14 Techcrunch
Meta, the famous company behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, seems to be the talk of the town once again. Several months ago, the Italian Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) launched an investigation into the company. During this investigation, in November, the authority closed ranks on the company following c...