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Pornhub under investigation over age checks

United Kingdom, Sept. 24 -- Ofcom has launched an investigation into Pornhub owner Aylo over concerns that its latest age verification system may not be effective enough to prevent children from acces... Read More


Meta announces Tamagotchi-style Muse Charm

United Kingdom, Sept. 24 -- Meta has unveiled a tiny new device called Muse Charm, a Tamagotchi-style gadget designed to bring its personalised artificial intelligence assistant into a standalone piec... Read More


UK customers can pay by smiling

United Kingdom, Sept. 24 -- UK shoppers will soon be able to pay for goods by smiling, after Revolut announced what it describes as the UK's first in-store facial recognition checkout. The payments c... Read More


Andy Burnham declares that UK will fight 'poisonous tide' of Russian disinformation

United Kingdom, Sept. 23 -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced plans for a new UK centre to tackle hostile disinformation, including campaigns attributed to Russia, as he called for internation... Read More


US criticises Australia's planned social media algorithm opt-out laws

United Kingdom, Sept. 23 -- The US has criticised Australia's plans to give social media users the option to turn off algorithm-driven recommendations, warning the proposed laws could amount to "censo... Read More


Almost half of young people in England trust AI over humans for fact-checking

United Kingdom, Sept. 23 -- Almost half of young people in England trust artificial intelligence more than a human when checking whether a fact is accurate, according to a new report on AI and educati... Read More


UN Women warns rapid AI expansion risks embedding deep gender inequalities

United Kingdom, Sept. 22 -- A new UN Women report has claimed women are being left behind in the artificial intelligence boom. According to the latest Gender Snapshot 2026, which was presented at the... Read More


British schools 'crying out' for AI guidance, report claims

United Kingdom, Sept. 22 -- A former head teacher has claimed British schools are "crying out" for guidance on artificial intelligence (AI). Sir Anthony Seldon, who is an author on AI in education, h... Read More


Tech leaders call for global AI standards

United Kingdom, Sept. 22 -- Industry leaders are urging the US to spearhead international safety standards and strict governance to manage the rise of automated AI research. As artificial intelligenc... Read More


Grok launches Voice Transcribe 2.0

United Kingdom, Sept. 21 -- Grok is launching a new speech-to-text model. The well-known language model, developed by xAI, has announced the launch of Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0, and the updated techn... Read More