Months out from the next general election, political "AI slop" is spilling over social media feeds. Experts say lessons from overseas could help electoral laws catch up.
Politics
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Anthropic said it would challenge what it called a legally unsound action “never before publicly applied to an American company.”
World
Sun, Mar 1
The now 20-year-old, who has been identified in court documents as KGM, says her early use of social media addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts.
Fri, Feb 27
Spark says it will be blocking phones unable to call emergency services on 111 after its 3G shutdown.
Business
Wed, Feb 25
MediMap has shut down access to its platform while it looks into how it was breached on Sunday.
Health
For years, individual investors were dismissed by some on Wall Street as “dumb money”.
Tue, Feb 24
Some users' information had been changed – including to say they were deceased.
There's enough to keep the curious occupied — professional and amateur alike. Potentially, there's more new or unredacted material to come.
Crime and Justice
While self-driving cabs aren’t new, London’s ancient road layout and busy streetscapes could pose special challenges for the technology.
Researchers say new AI 'digital companions' are profoundly unethical, and could even increase social isolation.
Experts say resisting the pull of the endless scroll and the dopamine hits from short-form videos can seem like an unfair fight, even for adults.
Mon, Feb 23
Your HQ is your empathy, deep understanding, subtlety, lived experience – all the things technology can't offer, but will destroy if you let it.
Life
April is now the earliest that the four Artemis II astronauts could fly to the moon.
Sun, Feb 22
An awkward interaction between two rival tech leaders: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has gone viral on social media.
The tech company said it considered whether to refer the account to police but determined at the time that the account activity did not meet a threshold for referral.
A Meta spokesperson said the company strongly disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit.
Thu, Feb 19
Five hundred applications is usually considered a lot, so when thousands turned up it was a shock.
New Zealand
Wed, Feb 18
Anthropic’s chief financial officer Krishna Rao said the company will use the surge of investments to continue building "enterprise-grade products" and AI models.
Sun, Feb 15
Lunar New Year festivities in China will include humanoid robots adorned in traditional Chinese clothing.
A New Mexico prosecutor's team built a case by posing as kids through social media accounts, then documenting the arrival of sexual solicitations.
Mon, Feb 9
There's no way to verify whether a post has been made by an AI agent or a person posing as one, raising sceptical questions.
Sun, Feb 8
TikTok denied the accusations, calling it a "categorically false and entirely meritless depiction of our platform".
Sat, Feb 7
The tech giant's Global Head of Safety spoke to 1News ahead of a keynote address at a social media event in New Zealand.
Tue, Feb 3
Why is everyone looking back to 2016? A look at the current cultural nostalgia for the transitional year.
Sun, Feb 1
Organisers are urging more businesses and government departments to get involved.
