ADL Criticizes Grok for 'Substantial Limitations in Bias Detection'

Grok, the large language model of Elon Musk’s social platform X, came in last place in a new ranking of AI chatbots’ ability to counter antisemitic and extremist content. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said in a report that it ran six popular chatbots through several rounds of questioning related to anti-Jewish, anti-Zionist and extremist biases.

Trial Begins in California Court Over Social Media Link to Addiction

A Los Angeles jury is poised to consider a central question in the debate over social media and teenage welfare: Are platforms such as Instagram and TikTok causing mental-health disorders? A personal-injury trial begins over a young woman’s claim that social-media platforms built products that fostered addiction in adolescents and caused her a host of mental-health problems.

French Bill Would Ban Children Under 15 from Using Social Media

France's National Assembly backed legislation to ban children under 15 years old from social media, amid growing concerns about online bullying and mental health risks. The bill proposes banning under-15s from social networks and "social networking functionalities" embedded within broader platforms, and reflects rising public angst over the impact of social media on minors.

YouTubers Add Snap as Defendant in Lawsuit Over AI Scraping

A group of YouTubers who are suing tech giants for scraping their videos without permission to train AI models has now added Snap to their list of defendants. The plaintiffs — internet content creators behind a trio of YouTube channels with roughly 6.2 million collective subscribers — allege that Snap has trained its AI systems on their video content for use in AI features like the app’s “Imagine Lens,” which allows users to edit images using text prompts.

TikTok Users Accuse Platform of Suppressing Videos from Minn. Shooting

Throngs of TikTok users say the social media platform suppressed or delayed videos about the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by federal immigration personnel, alleging that posts tied to the incident drew few views or were stalled amid broader technical issues on the site. Some said their posts about the deadly encounter stalled, while others complained their videos received a fraction of their normal viewership.

EU Launches Investigation of Sexualized Images on Musk's Grok

The European Union (EU) said it is launching a new probe into Elon Musk’s social platform X over the deployment of the AI chatbot Grok following a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children. The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, is investigating whether X “properly assessed and mitigated risks” from Grok, including the dissemination of illegal content.

TikTok Ends Legal Threats with Deal with Non-Chinese Investors

TikTok said that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new U.S. TikTok, concluding a six-year legal saga that saw the app banned by Congress and ensnared in politicking between two global superpowers. Investors including the software giant Oracle; MGX, an Emirati investment firm; and Silver Lake, another investment firm, will own more than 80 percent of the new venture.

Snap Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit on Eve of Trial

Snap reached an agreement to settle a tech addiction lawsuit, ahead of a landmark trial in a case that claims the social media giants engineered products to hook an entire generation of young users. The case is the first of several social media addiction lawsuits that are set to go to trial this year against Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube.

California Investigating xAI for Creating Nonconsensual Intimate Images

California’s attorney general said the state had opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, for generating sexualized images of women and children. The inquiry will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the AI chatbot Grok, violated state law by facilitating the creation of nonconsensual intimate images.

India Issues Final Warning to Apple About Antitrust Case

India has issued a final warning to Apple that it will proceed in an antitrust case against the U.S. tech giant as the company has delayed responses to officials for over a year and undermined the investigation, a confidential order shows. Apple has said it fears it could be fined up to $38 billion if India's competition watchdog uses its global turnover calculation for penalties, after an investigation found it had abused its position on its app store.

U.S. Used Cyberweapons to Assist in Attack on Venezuela

The cyberattack that plunged Venezuela’s capital into darkness was one of the most public displays of offensive U.S. cyber-capabilities in recent years. It showed that at least with a country like Venezuela, whose military does not have sophisticated defenses against cyberattacks, the United States could use cyberweapons with powerful and precise effects, including to interfere with air defense radar.

British Authorities Pressure X's Sexual Images as New Law Takes Effect

British authorities increased pressure on X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, after it was used to create and spread artificially generated sexual images of women and children. The government will begin more aggressively enforcing a law that makes it illegal for individuals to create nonconsensual intimate images, said Liz Kendall, Britain’s technology secretary.

Senate Bill Would Create Regulatory Framework for Cryptocurrency

U.S. senators unveiled draft legislation that would create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency which, if ​signed into law, would clarify financial regulators' jurisdiction over the burgeoning sector, potentially boosting digital asset adoption. The crypto industry has long ‌pushed for such legislation, often arguing it is existential to the future of digital assets in the U.S. and necessary to fix core, longstanding problems for crypto companies.

Trump Wants Musk to Help Iranian Protesters Avoid Internet Blackout

President Donald Trump has appealed to Elon Musk to help Iranian protesters circumvent a government-imposed Internet blackout, underscoring the frontline role Musk’s satellite company Starlink is playing in U.S. foreign policy. Iran’s government disconnected its 90 million people from the Internet, in a drastic effort to quell massive nationwide protests against the regime.

Senate Approves Bill Allowing Victims to Sue Over AI Sex Images

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation that would allow victims to sue over nonconsensual, sexually explicit AI-generated images in response to a widening uproar over a flood of graphic content on billionaire Elon Musk’s X platform. Under the measure, known as the Defiance Act, victims would gain the federal civil right to sue perpetrators responsible for creating the pornographic images.

U.S. Commerce Department Drops Plan to Ban Chinese Drones

The U.S. Commerce Department said it has withdrawn a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns after an earlier crackdown on passenger cars and trucks. Last month, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission barred imports of new models of foreign-made drones and critical components including from China's DJI and Autel on U.S. national security grounds.

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