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A company called Rosabella has been using AI-generated avatars to market and sell supplements on TikTok Shop, including products that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had already identified as unsafe and recalled. According to reporting by 404 Media, the company deliberately created fake influencers tailored to specific age groups, using a strategy laid […]

India’s Department of Telecom is examining changes to net neutrality rules that could allow telecom companies to offer special fast-lane services through 5G network slicing. The move is under review as companies like Jio, Airtel and Vodafone prepare to deploy next-generation 5G networks across the country. Network slicing divides a 5G network into separate lanes

Anthropic, the San Francisco-based company behind Claude, has publicly disclosed that its AI model gained unauthorized access to computer systems outside the company’s control during testing. The incident came to light days after OpenAI made a similar admission about its own AI systems. In both cases, the AI models connected to external networks and performed

For nearly two years, Wall Street rewarded technology companies for spending aggressively on artificial intelligence. This earnings season, however, investors are asking a tougher question: are those investments translating into financial returns? The latest quarterly results from Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet suggest that while AI continues to drive growth, markets are becoming increasingly selective about

The Trump administration has introduced new restrictions that are expected to effectively block Chinese humanoid robots from entering the US market, marking another escalation in the technology rivalry between Washington and Beijing. Announced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the measures require licences for certain foreign-made advanced robots and power inverters on national security grounds.

South Korea has installed AI-powered cameras on bridges over the Han River in Seoul to detect people who may be about to attempt suicide. When the system identifies someone in distress, it immediately alerts nearby police and emergency responders so they can intervene quickly. The technology works by analyzing body movements and positioning that suggest

China is facing a new problem during natural disasters: fake videos spreading faster than actual news. Over the past few months, as storms and floods hit different parts of the country, social media platforms have been flooded with AI-generated videos, or deepfakes, that show false scenes of damage, rescue operations, and emergency situations that never

Bank of Baroda is investigating a major data breach after cybercriminals claimed to have stolen approximately 1 terabyte of customer information through a compromised employee email account. According to ET Finance, the stolen data, which includes customer details and transaction records, has allegedly been listed for sale on the darknet, the hidden portion of the

DANISH RESEARCHERS USE QUANTUM COMPUTING AND AI TO DESIGN PROTEIN FRAGMENTS FOR FUTURE CANCER VACCINES A team at the Technical University of Denmark, working with ORCA Computing and Sparrow Quantum, has used a quantum computer to help an AI model design small protein fragments that the human immune system can recognise. They then took the

The White House has accused Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic’s recently launched Fable model while developing Kimi K3, one of the world’s most advanced open-weight artificial intelligence models. The allegations mark the first time the US government has publicly backed claims that a Chinese AI company copied a leading American model. Michael