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Grok produces sexualized photos of women and minors for users on X – a legal scholar explains why it’s happening and what can be done
Since the end of December, 2025, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has responded to many users’ requests to undress real people by turning photos...
Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happens
Lisa M. Given, RMIT University
After months of anticipation and debate, Australia’s social media ban is now in force.
Young Australians under 16 must now come...
Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next
Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo
Over the course of 2025, deepfakes improved dramatically. AI-generated faces, voices and full-body performances that mimic real people increased in...
AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
Thomas Şerban von Davier, Carnegie Mellon University
In artificial intelligence, 2025 marked a decisive shift. Systems once confined to research labs and prototypes began to...
Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers
People often see science as a world apart