X blocks Taylor Swift searches: What to know about the viral AI deepfakes | Internet News

X blocks Taylor Swift searches: What to know about the viral AI deepfakes | Internet News

Social media platform X has blocked searches for one of the world’s most popular personalties, Taylor Swift, after explicit artificial intelligence images of the singer-songwriter went viral. The deepfakes flooded several social media sites from Reddit to Facebook. This has renewed calls to strengthen legislation around AI, particularly when it…

Russia and Ukraine bicker over tiny front-line village | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia and Ukraine bicker over tiny front-line village | Russia-Ukraine war News

The dispute illustrates how bogged down the front line has become in the conflict. Russia has claimed its forces have taken control of the village of Tabaivka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, but Kyiv has denied the claim. Moscow claimed it had taken the tiny village on Monday in a defence…

‘Kharkiv is their priority’: Deadly Russian attacks hit Ukraine’s northeast | News

‘Kharkiv is their priority’: Deadly Russian attacks hit Ukraine’s northeast | News

Kharkiv, Ukraine – Like an enormous scalpel out of a surreal horror movie, a Russian missile sliced off an entire section of a five-storey apartment building, killing 10 people and wounding 60. After putting out the fire in last week’s predawn attack, rescue workers found the victims buried in the…

‘Sport is part of our resistance’: Palestine football chief Jibril Rajoub | Football News

‘Sport is part of our resistance’: Palestine football chief Jibril Rajoub | Football News

Doha, Qatar – Palestine’s football team made history by recording their first win in the AFC Asian Cup and qualifying for the knockout stage of the 2023 edition of the tournament in Qatar. Emotions ran high for the players on the pitch, their supporters in the stadium and Palestinians back…

Israeli ministers join gathering calling for resettlement of Gaza | News

Israeli ministers join gathering calling for resettlement of Gaza | News

Several members of the Israeli government joined a far-right conference calling for the resettlement of the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank. The conference, organised by the right-wing Nahala organisation on Sunday night and dubbed “Settlement Brings Security and Victory”, called for new Jewish settlements to be built in the…

Iranian FM in Pakistan to mend ties following mutual air strikes | Politics News

Iranian FM in Pakistan to mend ties following mutual air strikes | Politics News

Tehran and Islamabad have moved to de-escalate amid high concern that the Gaza war could spill out across region. Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Pakistan as the two countries seek to calm tensions, which have risen amid the conflict in Gaza. Hossein Amirabdollahian landed in Islamabad before dawn on Monday…

Cracks in India’s opposition alliance against PM Modi ahead of elections | Elections

Cracks in India’s opposition alliance against PM Modi ahead of elections | Elections

New Delhi, India — Over the weekend, a popular joke on Indian social media featured Nitish Kumar, the 72-year-old nine-time chief minister of the east Indian state of Bihar. Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) party, or just JD(U), had been a part of the INDIA opposition bloc – a group of…