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.
Google Images is getting a major Pinterest-style overhaul, introducing a personalized 'For You' gallery, collections, and AI-powered image generation directly within Search, transforming the 25-year-old platform from a simple search tool into a full visual discovery and inspiration destination.
A federal judge is warning Elon Musk and OpenAI to stop their social media attacks on each other as their high-profile legal battle heads into opening statements, with US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers demanding both sides 'control your propensity to use social media to make things worse outside this …
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.
Meta pulls a newly launched Instagram AI image feature that allowed users to generate images by tagging public accounts, after immediate backlash from critics including the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and SAG, who warn it enables sextortion and abuse.
Meta launches Muse Image, a powerful new AI model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, now live in Meta AI, letting users transform text prompts and personal photos into stunning, shareable visuals across Instagram and WhatsApp, with Facebook, Messenger, and advertiser tools coming soon.
Reddit's AI tools are now blocking 23 million spam views daily, cutting user exposure by 20%, while new research from Oxford and the University of Potsdam warns that the same large language models powering these defenses may be introducing subtle bias into social media content.
China's biggest tech giants, including ByteDance and Alibaba, are stripping AI companion features from their platforms ahead of sweeping new government regulations governing human-AI interactions, signaling a massive industry-wide compliance push.
LangBot launches an open-source platform enabling developers to connect major AI models like OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini to top messaging apps including Discord, Telegram, and WeChat from a single, production-ready codebase with no YAML configuration required.