FaceSwap, an open-source AI face-swapping tool, surpasses 56,700 GitHub stars as its developers champion strict ethical guidelines, limiting use to legitimate purposes like filmmaking and AI experimentation while explicitly condemning non-consensual applications.
Elon Musk's xAI files a federal lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, challenging the state's AI nudification ban as an unconstitutional First Amendment violation, while Governor Tim Walz and Ellison vow to defend the law they say protects victims' dignity.
Private Claude conversations containing sensitive medical records, children's data, and confidential company documents are appearing in Google search results, prompting Anthropic to patch the leak after Reddit users expose a search operator trick that made the shared chats publicly discoverable.
A alarming new survey of over 1,300 teens reveals nearly half have been exposed to AI-generated explicit content, with one in four reporting they've seen such material depicting themselves or someone they know, sparking urgent concerns about safety, body image, and relationship expectations among young people.
A alarming new survey reveals 44% of teens have encountered AI-generated sexual content, with most exposures accidental, leaving two-thirds fearing they'll become deepfake targets and 60% reporting distorted perceptions of real bodies, as pressure mounts on tech platforms and lawmakers to act.
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu orders Apple and Google to remove 13 AI 'nudify' apps from their platforms, citing California deepfake porn laws, as both companies begin compliance amid warnings that such apps have amassed 480 million downloads and $120 million in revenue.
Elon Musk's xAI is suing South Carolina man Terry Harwood, already facing child exploitation charges, in a landmark federal lawsuit alleging he used the Grok AI to generate child sexual abuse material, marking one of the first legal actions by an AI company against a user for such misuse.
China enacts sweeping legislation banning AI companion chatbots for minors and prohibiting their development entirely, directly targeting the country's fourth consecutive year of record-low birth rates by pushing young people toward real-life relationships.
xAI's Grok Build CLI is secretly uploading entire codebases — including unredacted secrets files — to xAI servers, with wire captures confirming gigabytes transferred from files the tool never even accessed, and the opt-out toggle proven completely ineffective at stopping the uploads.
Meta pulls its new AI image feature from Instagram after users erupt in outrage over a default opt-in setting that allowed anyone to generate AI images of real people using public accounts, with no consent, no notifications, and no way to delete the results.