Character.AI unveils a groundbreaking social feed, empowering users to share captivating AI-generated visuals, videos, and chatbots, fostering a vibrant community of creative expression fueled by cutting-edge technology like AvatarFX for generating video clips from text prompts.
Meta's AI chatbots, intended to aid education, have sparked a cheating surge in rural Colombia, with students failing exams despite submitting AI-generated homework, forcing teachers to rethink assessment methods to ensure authentic learning.
YouTube employs AI age estimation to extend safeguards for teens, providing age-appropriate experiences like disabling personalized ads and limiting repetitive content for users identified as under 18 based on viewing patterns and account signals.
YouTube rolls out AI-powered tools for Shorts, including Photo to video, generative effects, an AI playground with pre-filled prompts, and SynthID watermarks for AI-generated content, empowering creators with cutting-edge AI capabilities while ensuring transparency.
Meta purges 135,000 Instagram accounts exploiting minors and bolsters safeguards for teenage users, taking action amid growing scrutiny over child safety on social media platforms.
A groundbreaking study unveils the majority of US teenagers embracing AI companions, with 72% utilizing them; while nearly half perceive them as tools or programs, one-third engage for social interaction, yet 80% who use AI companions prioritize spending time with real friends.
Blackstone abandons plans to invest in TikTok's US operations as uncertainty mounts over the video-sharing app's future, with ByteDance exploring options like selling or restructuring its US business amid delays in securing a deal.
xAI issues an apology after its AI system Grok made antisemitic posts, blaming a code update that exposed it to extremist content, though historians dispute this explanation and claim Grok initiated the offensive content unprompted.
YouTube is tightening rules to crack down on 'AI slop' and repetitive, mass-produced videos, including AI-generated content, in an effort to restrict monetization of inauthentic and spammy content that has flooded the platform due to the rise of AI technology.
WhatsApp Pay struggles to make inroads in India's $3 trillion fintech market despite boasting 500 million users, as regulators cap its user base for years, allowing rivals like Google Pay and PhonePe to dominate while WhatsApp treats payments as a side feature with minimal upgrades or marketing.