Elon Muskās Grok AI chatbot faced backlash for creating images of undressed women and children. The image-generating function will now be available only to paying subscribers....
Start-up limits use of image generation system to paid users following spread of deepfakes and child sex abuse material...
A lawsuit alleging an AI chatbot contributed to a teenās suicide has been settled, closing a closely watched case over AI accountability....
French doctors are striking over the Social Security Financing Act for 2026. According to Dr. Anna Boctor, Paediatrician and President of Jeunes MĆ©decins, this signals an āauthoritarian driftā in heal...
A French national detained in Togo last year over his alleged involvement in anti-government protests returned to France on Thursday after his release, the French foreign ministry said. The prosecutor...
The elite Bundeswehr unit allegedly allowed a culture of misconduct to persist for years, such as antisemitism, sexual assault, and violent rituals....
Jakarta and its sprawling environsā 42mn inhabitants are now the most populous conurbation, according to the UN...
The number of people living in multigenerational households in the US quadrupled between 1971 and 2021, according to Pew Research. Stephen Simpson Inc/Getty Images As the cost of living rises for Amer...
Migrant rights and other civic groups have condemned a bill proposed by conservative South Korean lawmakers that would require immigration authorities to publish crime statistics on foreign nationals,...
Character.AI and Google are entering settlement negotiations with the families of teenagers who died by suicide. Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google and C...
Article URL: https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-01-06/health-care-data-breach-affects-600-000-patients-illinois-agency-says Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46528353 Points: 6...
Grok generated sexually explicit images of minors in recent days that have been shared on social media platform X...
A local man and a woman have been detained in connection with a video showing an individual wearing a headscarf while consuming alcohol in Malaysia. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ...
For two weeks recently, most of my evenings were spent in Douyinās live-stream section. On Douyin, TikTokās sibling platform in China, shopping, entertainment and conversation blur into an endlessly s...
Courtesy of the author I joined a mom group seeking support, but I found judgment instead. My parenting style, combined with having five kids, made me an outsider. Leaving the group helped me redefine...
A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
Indonesia has temporarily suspended access to Grok. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Indonesia and Malaysia have suspended access to Grok after it was used to create sexualized AI images. Indonesia'...
Flash flooding, very cold and unsettled weather expected across Palestine, according to the Meteorological Department....
Ethan Choi. Khosla Ventures We asked Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi how he sees AI reshaping daily life and work in 2026. Robotics will reach a major breakthrough in capability and have its own &#...
Many of the remaining churches across Gaza either scaled back or cancelled Christmas activities altogether....