GoKawiil - Tech News

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A16Z Brags That Its AI Is Great for Poisoning the Internet With Fake Tech History (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: a16z, fake tech history, internet

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Europe’s AI labeling and transparency rules are now in effect (theverge.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: eu ai act, meta, spacexai

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EU announces new rules on AI transparency (engadget.com)

2026-08-03 | by Steve Dent | tags: ai act, deepfake, european commission

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The Morning Risk Report: Trump Adds to China Forced Labor Blacklist (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-03 | tags: china, ai chatbot, deepfake

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Europeans Are About to Find Out How Entrenched AI Is in Their Daily Lives (wired.com)

2026-08-02 | by Isabella Ward | tags: artificial intelligence, european union, deepfakes

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Judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps (engadget.com)

2026-08-01 | by Mariella Moon | tags: xai, minnesota law, nudify apps

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I was wrong about Google’s new selfie sign-in tool. Here’s how (and why) you should set it up now (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: google, selfie sign-in, deepfakes

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Google Quickly Rolls Back a Feature That Could Make Deepfake Satellite Images (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Dashia Milden | tags: google earth, nano banana 2, deepfake satellite images

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The EU is cracking down on hacking and AI deepfakes with this new team in Brussels (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: eu ai act, brussels, deepfakes

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Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jay Peters | tags: google earth, ai deepfake, nano banana 2

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We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai-generated faces, vectorguidehq, riseguide

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I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: research papers, fake authors, orals

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xAI’s last-minute scramble to stop Minnesota’s anti-nudification app law (theverge.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sarah Jeong | tags: xai, grok imagine, deepfakes

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Online scams cost Americans almost $150B last year – 7x more than reported (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: fbi, cryptocurrency, deepfake

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EU will require companies to label AI-generated content starting Sunday (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: ai-generated content, watermark, deepfakes

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xAI is challenging a new Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps (engadget.com)

2026-07-29 | by Mariella Moon | tags: xai, minnesota law, deepfakes

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Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' apps (cnbc.com)

2026-07-28 | by Lora Kolodny Jonathan Vanian | tags: xai, spacex, nudify apps

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People Are Generating a Flood of Fake News About Trump That Does No Reputational Damage Whatsoever (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: trump, fake news, social media

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Hugging Face reportedly plagued with AI models generating adult deepfakes (engadget.com)

2026-07-28 | by Mariella Moon | tags: hugging face, ai forensics, deepfakes

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Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem (wired.com)

2026-07-28 | by Matt Burgess | tags: hugging face, deepfake, ai forensics

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Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children (theverge.com)

2026-07-28 | by Jess Weatherbed | tags: hugging face, deepfakes, ai forensics

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European Researchers Say Big Tech Is Blocking Access to Their Data (wired.com)

2026-07-24 | by Anna Desmarais | tags: tiktok, digital services act, api

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Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option (slashdot.org)

2026-07-24 | tags: google, selfie video, face unlock

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Google will now let you sign in to your account with a selfie video (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-23 | by Aisha Malik | tags: google, biometric login, selfie video

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Fake Claude app promoted by Bing ads pushes SectopRAT malware (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: sectoprat, claude.ai, bing ads

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Google introduces new ‘selfie video’ sign-in method (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-23 | by Abner Li | tags: google, passkeys, deepfakes

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AI image fraud will cost $40 billion next year - can these international standards help? (zdnet.com)

2026-07-23 | by Joe Mckendrick | tags: ai-generated images, iso standards, jpeg trust

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Google will let you upload a video selfie to recover your account - but should you? (zdnet.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jada Jones | tags: google, biometric data, face recognition

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A fake Temu-like website claims to give shoppers a dopamine boost—without buying anything (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: temu, fakehaul, skyscribe

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The Proliferation of Deepfakes Is Profoundly Changing the Way Teenagers Use the Internet (futurism.com)

2026-07-21 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: deepfakes, common sense media, ai-generated content