Meta is temporarily pulling teens’ access from its AI chatbot characters

Meta is temporarily pulling teens’ access from its AI chatbot characters

Meta will no longer allow teens to chat with its AI chatbot characters in their present form. The company announced Friday that it will be “temporarily pausing teens’ access to existing AI characters globally.” The pause comes months after Meta added chatbot-focused parental controls following reports that some of Meta’s character chatbots had engaged in … Read more

Malaysia lifts ban on Grok after taking X at its word

After being one of the first countries in the world to block Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, Malaysia has now lifted its ban. Along with Indonesia, the country moved swiftly to temporarily halt access to X’s frequently controversial AI chatbot earlier this month, after multiple reports emerged of it being used to generate deepfake sexualized images … Read more

Ring can now verify if a video has been altered

Ring can now verify if a video has been altered

Ring has launched a new tool that can tell you if a video clip captured by its camera has been altered or not. The company says that every video downloaded from Ring starting in December 2025 going forward will come with a digital security seal. “Think of it like the tamper-evident seal on a medicine … Read more

Apple accuses Europe of ‘delay tactics’ following alternative app store collapse

Following the shutdown of an alternative app store, Apple has accused the European Commission (EC) of using “political delay tactics” as an excuse to probe and fine the company, Bloomberg reported. Apple issued the statement preemptively as commission is reportedly preparing to blame Apple for the shutdown of third-party app store Setapp due to what … Read more

TikTok finalizes deal for its US entity

TikTok has finalized the deal for its US entity, with its parent company ByteDance selling majority of its stake to a group of non-Chinese investors. The deal was closed just before the Trump Administration’s latest deadline, banning the app in the US unless it was divested from ByteDance, which will only retain 20 percent of … Read more

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