#UK “On Monday the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) child exploitation and online protection (CEOP) education team issued guidance to teachers about spotting the signs of this type of abuse” #sextortion thetimes.co.uk/article/school…

#UK “The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said 91 per cent of UK [ #sextortion ] cases in 2023 concerned male victims and it had led in some instances to victims taking their lives” thetimes.co.uk/article/school…

#UK “Schools urged to warn pupils about ‘sextortion’ gangs targeting children” #sextortion thetimes.co.uk/article/school…

“The Last Stock Photographers Await Their Fate Under Generative #AI
Digital #photography ravaged the business of taking and licensing commercial photos. Some fear AI will kill it off entirely” #employment wsj.com/articles/the-l…

Just reading an article decrying technology & short attention spans, clearly neither the writer nor researchers have spent much time with gamers, programmers, digital artists, video editors, etc.

“Company Revives Alan #Turing as an #AI Chatbot, Outrage Ensues” | PCMag pcmag.com/news/company-r…

“ #Google Introduces New #AI Training Course” forbes.com/sites/michaelt…

“What Is Generative #AI ? #ChatGPT , #Copilot , and #Gemini Give Their Best Answers” - Barron's barrons.com/articles/what-…

#UK #AI #law “New law should ban AI deepfakes of music stars, MPs say” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

.gabyhinsliff has article in most recent Grazia UK magazine, “How AI Became A Feminist Issue: A gender imbalance and ‘tech bro’ culture means sexism is being baked into AI” #AI #feminism

I'd urge everyone with teenagers in their life to read this: I'm very grateful to the parents of 16-year-old Murray Dowey for speaking to me, as National Crime Agency (NCA) launch an alert to educators across the UK warning them of the devastating consequences of sextortion
theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

New #AI player #gpt2 slips quietly into town: “Mysterious 'gpt2-chatbot' AI model baffles experts: A breakthrough or mere hype?”| VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/mysterious-…

#Reddit & #AI data scraping: “Reddit would consider taking legal action against technology companies that extract data from its website without permission, a senior executive has warned” thetimes.co.uk/article/reddit…

“Is #ChatGPT Safe? What You Should Know Before You Start Using #AI Chatbots” slashgear.com/1568777/is-cha…