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Carol Hancox
July 25, 2025 6:58 AM
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The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until – explains a new podcast – the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything …
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Carol Hancox
July 24, 2025 8:58 AM
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Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know.
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Carol Hancox
July 12, 2025 2:18 AM
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Alphabet’s self-driving car company launches what it hopes will be lucrative individual teen accounts—and maybe a whole lot of social change in the process.
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Carol Hancox
July 4, 2025 8:41 AM
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The latest wave of AI tools claim to take the pain out of booking your next trip. From transport and accommodation to restaurants and attractions, we let AI take the reins to put this to the test.
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Carol Hancox
May 4, 2025 1:53 AM
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Ben James recreated nine of the 11 Tube lines in his interactive map, with coding assisted by AI.
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Carol Hancox
April 28, 2025 8:24 PM
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This makeup printer customizes your foundation so you'll never wear the wrong shade again.
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Carol Hancox
April 27, 2025 3:38 AM
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To be a smartphone gamer is to be constantly on the watch for scam apps (or “scapps,” a term I just made up). My step-daughter and I have an ongoing conversation about Our Regrettable App Store…
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Carol Hancox
April 26, 2025 3:25 AM
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Warhol for colour, Hopper for volume … American art world star David Salle is using AI on old paintings of his that had a mixed reception – with wild, sprawling results. Why isn’t he afraid of being replaced?
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Carol Hancox
March 2, 2025 2:03 AM
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Palm-cooling devices—designed to help humans bounce back quickly from exertion and heat stress by chilling their palms—are showing up on sidelines, in training camps, and wherever the heat is on.
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Carol Hancox
January 19, 2025 6:16 PM
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Artificial intelligence is being used to generate paintings, images and even sculptures, with some selling for thousands of dollars. Do we need to reframe our definition of art?
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Carol Hancox
January 12, 2025 1:22 AM
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Harassment, hate, and other social harms feel like an online inevitability, but developers are finally addressing their impact in a meaningful way.
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Carol Hancox
December 19, 2024 6:22 PM
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Botto is a 'decentralized AI artist' whose work has fetched millions. As AI improves, its creators may give it fewer guardrails to test its emerging personality.
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Carol Hancox
December 10, 2024 6:20 PM
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Inspired by her own experience of abuse, Nighat Dad fights for women’s social and digital rights in Pakistan and beyond.
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Carol Hancox
July 25, 2025 6:51 AM
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Centre for animal sentience to look into animal consciousness and the ethical use of AI in how we treat them
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Carol Hancox
July 23, 2025 1:54 PM
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What does it look like inside the mind of a machine? Inspired by the architectural vision of a futuristic Los Angeles in "Blade Runner," media artist Refik Anadol melds art with artificial intelligence in his studio's collaborations with architects, data scientists, neuroscientists, musicians and more. Witness otherworldly installations that might make you rethink the future of tech and creativity.
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Carol Hancox
July 6, 2025 5:49 AM
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When artwork is invented by a machine, it loses its most important power: to help people connect. In an already lonely era, that is particularly dangerous
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Carol Hancox
May 4, 2025 1:58 AM
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WhatsApp's AI tools will use a new “Private Processing” system designed to allow cloud access without letting Meta or anyone else see end-to-end encrypted chats. But experts still see risks.
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Carol Hancox
May 4, 2025 1:44 AM
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Meta’s contentious AI copyright battle is heating up—and the court may be close to a ruling.
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Carol Hancox
April 28, 2025 7:54 PM
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Plus: Duolingo now teaches chess, and it’s a big week for coffee.
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Carol Hancox
April 26, 2025 4:17 AM
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An Australian radio station has been called out for using an AI-generated host for months without disclosing it.
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Carol Hancox
April 21, 2025 3:56 AM
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Football players are seeking to gain more control of their performance data through ‘stop processing’ requests, in an attempt to strike a better balance between firms’ commercial interests and the data rights of footballers
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Carol Hancox
February 16, 2025 12:08 AM
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A slew of tools—from Iris Dating to Grindr’s forthcoming “wingman”—promise that they can increase your odds of finding someone with AI. So far, the results are mixed.
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Carol Hancox
January 13, 2025 3:50 AM
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In a new proposal issued Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to regulate virtual currencies used in Roblox and other video games like US dollars.
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Carol Hancox
December 23, 2024 7:37 PM
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It’s past time we applauded the creative skills of LLMs—and it might make us appreciate humans more too.
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Carol Hancox
December 11, 2024 1:05 AM
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Generative AI could have been an existential threat for Canva, which made billions by making graphic design quick and easy. But for CEO Melanie Perkins, it’s simply making the world more visual.
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