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AI-generated Pope sermons flood YouTube, TikTok
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» WASHINGTON — AI-generated videos and audios of Pope Leo XIV are populating rapidly online, racking up views as platforms struggle to police them.
Oh my gourd: Hippo-sized pumpkin is world's biggest
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - A monster pumpkin weighing the same as a hippopotamus has claimed the world record for the mightiest gourd -- and bagged its grower a $30,000 prize.
Twitter hinders 'troll hunters' battling climate denial
AFP, Published on 01/06/2023
» PARIS: For years, a band of science-loving "troll hunters" hounded climate change deniers off Twitter -- but Elon Musk's takeover has upended their efforts, with many ousted accounts back, pushing fresh disinformation.
Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» PARIS: Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.
Deepfake 'news anchors' in pro-China report - researchers
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» WASHINGTON: The "news broadcasters" appear stunningly real, but they are AI-generated deepfakes in first-of-their-kind propaganda videos that a research report published Tuesday attributed to Chinese state-aligned actors.
Musk announces 'amnesty' for banned Twitter accounts after poll
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk said Thursday many previously suspended Twitter accounts would be allowed back on the platform after a landslide of users responding to an informal poll by the new owner voted in favor of the move.
UK police lift lid on largest ever counter-fraud operation
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» LONDON - UK police on Thursday said their biggest ever counter-fraud operation had disrupted an international criminal network targeting hundreds of thousands of victims in millions of spam phone calls.
Musk floats 'general amnesty' of suspended Twitter accounts
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - New Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday polled users on whether the site should offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, using the same method he used to handle the case of Donald Trump.
Musk offers to close Twitter buyout at original price
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has offered to push through with his buyout of Twitter at the original agreed price, reports said Tuesday, just weeks before the opening of a bitter court case over his effort to withdraw from the deal.
Elon Musk and Twitter dig for evidence as trial looms
AFP, Published on 28/09/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter and Elon Musk sparred in court on Tuesday, each digging for evidence to prevail in a high-stakes trial next month over the billionaire's bid to break his buyout deal.