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How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-…

Deepfake ‘Nudify’ Technology Is Getting Darker—and More Dangerous
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

Sharing for a friend: 'Lead the development of the digital future of British art research' - Head of Systems, Data and Technology (Fixed term 18-months) Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (PMC) https://www.peridotpartners.co.uk/jobs/hea

Waarom groeiende ongelijkheid jongeren berooft van hun toekomst volgens Gary Stevenson | #Tegenlicht - #VPRO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXwcqLl_2aY (23:11min)
Uit: De stille economische crisis volgens Gary Stevenson | VPRO Tegenlicht
https://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/artikelen/gary-stevenson-ongelijkheid-economische-crisis
Waarom de publieke sector en de private sector steeds armer worden ten koste van de rijkste 1%...
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One Extraordinary Photo: AP photographer uses infrared technology as surveillance tool | AP News https://apnews.com/article/2025-invisible-infrared-surveillance-technology-extraordinary-photo

One Extraordinary Photo: AP photographer uses infrared technology as surveillance tool
The aim was to show how powerful surveillance technology such as face recognition appears when used on individuals controlled by state agencies.

Tests show GPT-5.2 on ChatGPT citing Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan…

New Mexico's Meta lawsuit: some police officers testify that Meta's AI is sending a flood of "junk" CSAM reports that are draining resources and slowing cases (Katie McQue/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/…

Internal documents: Instagram execs have waged an aggressive campaign to win back teens, boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/26/meta-instagram-te…

Inside Instagram’s all-out battle to win the nation’s teens
Instagram has pursued a yearslong strategy to win teens back to the app after its critics said the platform wasn’t safe for them, documents obtained by The Post show.

As China grapples with a shrinking population and low birthrate, some women are finding romance with AI chatbots, leading Beijing to increase AI regulations (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/technol

A.I. Dating Apps Complicate China’s Efforts to Boost Birthrate
As China grapples with a shrinking population and historically low birthrate, people are finding romance with chatbots instead.

As US lawmakers struggle to pass online safety laws, LA and New Mexico juries take the lead, holding social media companies accountable for harming young users (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/technology/social-media-verdi…

Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety
A pair of verdicts held social media companies accountable for harming young users, highlighting a growing backlash as Congress struggles to pass legislation.

Google rolls out Nano Banana 2, aka Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, with advanced world knowledge and precision text rendering and translation, across its products (Naina Raisinghani/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/nano-banana-2/

Nano Banana 2: Combining Pro capabilities with lightning-fast speed
Our latest image generation model offers advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, subject consistency and more, all at Flash speed.