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www.fox5vegas.com/2025/11/15/a...
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AI-generated fake news is improving rapidly, but is not impossible to detect
FOX5 discovered two separate social media posts this week showing one of Las Vegas’s most iconic venues on fire, but both videos were fake and created using artificial intelligence.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Valentino criticised over 'disturbing' AI handbag ads - BBC News
Social media users have called the luxury Italian fashion brand's artificial intelligence-made adverts "cheap" and "lazy".
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December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok
Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a month
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December 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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News media is “becoming part of AI systems”: Notes from the JournalismAI Festival 2025
The London conference tackled topics like AI-assisted reporting, article personalization, and deepfake detection.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Meta’s Not Going to Scan Your Private DMs for AI Training
A viral video has warned people that Meta will soon start mining their DMs, but that's not correct.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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How Meta is ramping up cleantech investments amid the AI boom
The social media and tech company is investing in an array of low-carbon energy and tech solutions as its data center emissions rise.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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US AI company seeking loan to purchase Nvidia chips for Chinese social media giant RedNote - report
Company calls report "factually incorrect"
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December 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Like Social Media, AI Requires Difficult Choices
Social media was supposed to amplify our voices, but it ended up controlling us. Will AI be the same?
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December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Online propaganda campaigns are using 'AI slop', researchers say
Researchers at Graphika say that online propaganda campaigns have flooded the internet with low-quality, AI-generated content.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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No, your favourite influencer hasn't got a dozen Dachshund dogs. It's just AI - BBC News
There’s a new social media trend taking over - influencers are using AI to add animals to their photos.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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AI influencers are now boasting personalities, backstories and even making ill-advised decisions
AI personalities are convenient – even if they need to be programmed and coached on what to say. “We used to do campaigns [with humans],” Garcia said. “This is different. [With humans] you have lim…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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AI Didn’t Break the Internet — Our Own Stupidity Did
People aren’t being tricked by deepfakes; they’re volunteering to believe them. And every social app is paying the price.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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'No one asked for this': Microsoft's Copilot AI push sparks social media backlash
Microsoft thinks everyone is begging for more AI in their software. User reactions on social media beg to differ.
www.pcworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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www.cnn.com/2025/10/11/t... #csulbsoc @cnn.com
The next era of social media is coming. And it’s messy so far | CNN Business
A baby running from a T-Rex with Lady Gaga playing in the background. Cats dancing on their hind legs dressed in streetwear. Bodycam footage of police arresting a pile of macaroni and cheese.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Teacher-led innovation boosts student learning and wellbeing through AI and social media
School-based research in Pakistan and Egypt shows how AI and social media, guided by teachers, can improve learning outcomes and student wellbeing Action Research programme - British Council Action Re...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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FANBASE AND POCSTOCK PARTNER TO PAY USERS AND MEDIA COMPANIES FOR AI TRAINING OF THEIR CONTENT
/PRNewswire/ -- Fanbase, the next generation social media platform that allows users to monetize their content from day one, has partnered with pocstock, a...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Scammers using AI-generated ads on social media, making it harder to spot fakes
Experts warn scammers are increasingly using AI to generate ads on social media, which is making it harder to spot a fake.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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YouTube Expands Access to Gen AI Features, Adds Communities Features
YouTube's latest AI tools include video generation for Shorts, and music features.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Many consumers using AI, social media for holiday shopping
More than half, 57%, of holiday shoppers will be using social media when shopping and 39% will be using AI tools.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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U of T study asks AI to generate male and female body images - with predictable results
When prompted to create images of female and male bodies, artificial intelligence platforms overwhelmingly reproduce and amplify narrow western body ideals, a University of Toronto study has found. Th...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Utah experts say AI companions blur lines between help and harm
AI companions that mimic friends but “don’t feel feelings” are raising concerns among therapists and experts about their potentially destructive nature — especially after a teen’s suicide.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Are tech companies training their AI with private data?
As tech firms race to release new AI tools, users are left unsure how much of their personal data these systems may take
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November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Creator Behind AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds To Social Media Backlash
If anything, this has created an opportunity to figure out a consensus on what to do about AI content before the videos become even more commonplace.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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A social media post showed a Texas high school on fire, sparking concern from parents. Police say it was AI.
After a photo was circulating online of a Texas high school on fire, officials announced the photo was AI-generated.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Fox News hires Palantir to build AI newsroom tools
Fox News and Palantir have built three main tools to improve efficiency.
www.axios.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM