The US, UK, EU and other major nations have signed a landmark global AI treaty

The United States, United Kingdom, European Union, and several other countries have signed an AI safety treaty laid out by the Council of Europe (COE), an international standards and human rights organization. This landmark treaty, known as the Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, opened for signature … Read more

Microsoft joins coalition to scrub revenge and deepfake porn from Bing

Microsoft announced it has partnered with StopNCII to help remove non-consensual intimate images — including deepfakes — from its Bing search engine. When a victim opens a “case” with StopNCII, the database creates a digital fingerprint, also called a “hash,” of an intimate image or video stored on that individual’s device without their needing to … Read more

Starlink competitor AST SpaceMobile plans orbital launch for next week

AST SpaceMobile is taking another step toward its goal of providing a space-based mobile communications network — one that would turn any standard smartphone into a satellite phone, no additional hardware required. The company announced that its network of five commercial satellites is scheduled to launch into low-Earth orbit on September 12 from Florida’s Cape … Read more

Apple’s Find My finally comes to South Korea in 2025

Apple is finally bringing its Find My feature to South Korea in 2025. The company says the service will launch at some point during the spring, according to a translation of a press release published by AppleInsider. For years, South Korea has been just about the only country without access to Apple’s tracking network. So … Read more

YouTube is making tools to detect face and voice deepfakes

YouTube is developing new tools to protect artists and creators from the unauthorized use of their likenesses. The company said on Thursday that new tech to detect AI-generated content using a person’s face or singing voice is in the pipeline, with pilot programs starting early next year. The upcoming face-detection tech will allegedly let people … Read more

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