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California Just Told Grok to Stop Making Deepfake Porn
California's new law targets AI-generated deepfake pornography - and xAI's Grok is the first major model caught in the crosshairs.
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Trump and Chinese president Xi end summit without major agreement on AI
Xi’s state visit to the US emphasized personal rapport with the US president, rather than substantial agreements to pause their respective countries’ AI arms race Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up their Washington summit on Friday, facing criticism that they had squandered an opportunity to pause their countries’ artificial intelligence (AI) arms race. The three-day state visit emphasised pageantry and personal rapport rather than substantial agreements. The US president and Xi discussed the wars in Iran and Ukraine and the status of Taiwan. Their biggest policy...
‘We can’t ignore AI or prevent it,’ Anthony Albanese tells UN general assembly – video
During his speech to the UN in New York City, the Australian prime minister addresses the AI hack of Medicare, saying the episode reflects the need for greater regulation of artificial intelligence. ‘We can’t ignore AI or prevent it. And it’s why we joined with other nations this week to call for action to shape artificial intelligence development, rather than be passively shaped by it,’ he says. Albanese also used the speech as a pitch for Australia to join the UN security council Continue reading...
Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic rolled out Opus 5.5, followed by OpenAI’s GPT-6 model updates just 90 minutes later. But the company that stole the spotlight was Meta, whose personal AI agent Muse is reportedly outpacing ChatGPT’s early numbers and is headed for smart glasses and […]
26 Attorneys General Urge Congress to Set AI Safety Rules Without Sidelining States
The coalition wants expert oversight of safety tests and public findings when incidents occur. Its demand follows a breach during OpenAI’s internal evaluations.
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24 Feb 2026
California Just Told Grok to Stop Making Deepfake Porn
California's new law targets AI-generated deepfake pornography - and xAI's Grok is the first major model caught in the crosshairs.
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