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Nvidia GTC 2026: Everything Jensen Huang revealed for the future of AI
Nvidia’s highly anticipated flagship artificial intelligence (AI) conference is on the horizon. But what will the company's CEO, Jensen Huang, reveal this year?
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AI-generated nudes considered more sexually appealing than real photos, study finds
Even though study participants were able to distinguish between real and artificial intelligence (AI) generated nudes, they found synthetic images to be more sexually attractive and aesthetically pleasing.
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How AI folk singer Nava is striking a chord in Iran
With catchy songs that fuse French folk with traditional Persian music, the young artist Nava_null has become a symbol of hope and resistance for millions of Iranians. But unlike real-life performers in Iran, she cannot be arrested or silenced – because she exists only in the virtual world.
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Nvidia set to unveil new AI chips and software at annual GTC conference
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to detail the company's hardware and software plans to a large crowd in San Jose, California, at the company's annual developer conference on Monday.
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Fargo IRL: another AI facial rec error sends innocent granny to jail for six months
Fargo, the TV series, is fantastic in depicting the absurdity of it all. It turns out that real life in this North Dakota city can be just as farcical: A 50-year-old woman had to spend months in jail after cops, using an AI facial recognition tool, wrongly flagged her as a suspect in a bank fraud case.
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Peter Thiel draws tech and Catholic scrutiny with secret AI-Antichrist lectures
Peter Thiel, the US billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of President Donald Trump, launched on Sunday a series of closed-door lectures in Rome exploring the concept of the Antichrist, drawing scrutiny from Catholic commentators.
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ByteDance puts new AI video model on hold after Hollywood copyright disputes
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant best known as the parent company of TikTok, has reportedly suspended the global release of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, amid copyright clashes with Hollywood studios and streaming platforms.
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In Sam Altman’s vision for future, we all buy cheap intelligence from him
OpenAI Sam Altman envisions a future where artificial intelligence (AI) is bought like electricity or water. Millions of Americans who struggle to pay their utility bills may not be too fascinated with his vision.
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Meta plans to cut 20% or more of its staff as AI spending soars
Meta is eyeing massive layoffs that could affect 20% or more of its workforce, as it looks to offset its costly artificial intelligence (AI) efforts.
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Poll finds Americans truly despise AI – even more than ICE
AI hype is still pushed everywhere in 2026 but it’s now more difficult for industry leaders to convince regular Americans that the technology is good for them. A new poll has found that people in the US hate AI even more than ICE.
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Are AI toys killing pretend play for under-fives?
AI toys that “talk” to young children may be undermining the kind of creative play crucial to early development as a University of Cambridge study finds flights of imagination are often greeted with nonsensical replies.
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France election spotlight: Local candidates and residents challenge AI data centres
In the town of Le Bourget outside Paris, Sofiane Milous, a candidate in France's municipal elections, is vowing to reverse plans for a data centre he says will intensify heat islands, worsen noise pollution and create few local jobs.
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Danny Bones is the latest AI artist spreading far-right ideas ahead of elections in Europe
Danny Bones may look like a regular British lad putting his frustration with politics in rap rhymes. Except he is entirely generated by artificial intelligence (AI).
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The internet is buzzing about a digital fly brain: Are humans next?
Scientists have created a digital fruit fly brain simulation using a mapped connectome and AI. But does it really mean that uploading the human brain has gotten closer?
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Firefox’s “Shake to Summarize” feature expanding to Android
Firefox’s Shake to Summarize feature – which uses AI to provide quick takeaways from long web articles – is now being tested on Android devices.
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Silicon Valley’s premier forum, Hacker News, declares war on AI-generated and edited comments
Broken English is better than AI slop. Generated or AI-edited comments are officially no longer tolerated on Hacker News, a social news site run by Y Combinator, a startup incubator that itself bankrolled some of the largest AI companies.
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Chinese AI pet microdramas are the slop that Gen Z pays to watch
Pets, the best thing on the internet, meet artificial intelligence (AI) slop – arguably the worst thing on the internet. This combination has become a massive hit in China thanks to great interest from Gen Z netizens.
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Character.AI deemed “uniquely unsafe” after chatbot tells user to use gun on healthcare CEO
Most popular AI chatbots will help users plan out violent attacks, including school shootings, political assassinations, and acts of terrorism, with only a couple of chatbots refusing to fulfill these requests.
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AI actor Tilly Norwood releases bizarre music video telling humans to embrace AI
AI “actor” Tilly Norwood just released a bubblegum pop anthem telling human actors to embrace artificial intelligence – complete with pink flamingos, rooftop singing, and lyrics about having a soul.
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Meta acquires AI social network Moltbook, hires founders for superintelligence lab
Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company's founders into its AI research division.
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