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AI-generated 'Fruit Love Island' takes TikTok by storm
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» TOKYO - Millions of people have been gripped by the juicy twists of an AI-generated TikTok micro-series based on the television hit "Love Island" -- except all the participants are sexy human-like fruit.
Humans and AI team up to fight extremism
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2026
» SYDNEY - People who show violent extremist tendencies on ChatGPT will be directed to human and chatbot-based deradicalisation support through a new tool in development in New Zealand, the people behind it say.
Trump postpones military strikes on Iranian power plants
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2026
» WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.
Clinton’s former Treasury chief quits Harvard over Epstein ties
AFP, Published on 26/02/2026
» NEW YORK - Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday.
Who Owns TikTok in the US Now?
Published on 23/01/2026
» NEW YORK - TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has just spun out an American venture to operate the popular video app in the United States. The deal, announced on Thursday, is part of an effort to comply with a 2024 federal law that aimed to separate TikTok from ByteDance to address national security concerns over the app’s ties to Beijing.
AI-generated fakes proliferate as Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica
AFP, Published on 28/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - AI-generated videos were clogging social media feeds Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged toward Jamaica, diverting attention from critical safety information about the massive Category 5 storm.
Google to invest $15 bn in India, build largest AI hub outside US
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» NEW DELHI - Google said Tuesday it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years, as it announced a giant data centre and artificial intelligence base in the country.
Oracle chief Ellison challenges Musk for ‘world’s richest’ title
AFP, Published on 11/09/2025
» NEW YORK - Billionaire Elon Musk is at risk of losing his title as the world's wealthiest person to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, whose software giant appears poised for massive AI riches through a major deal with OpenAI.
ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen's death
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» PARIS - American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself.
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» NEW YORK - Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival.