Since late 2023, around a dozen artificial intelligence Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their parent company, Meta, quietly existed on the platforms. Originally launched alongside a suite of official celebrity AI characters, the AI-driven personalities posted some AI-generated images […]
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A former publicist for actor Justin Baldoni alleges that his current publicity team conspired to harm her and steal her clients, in conjunction with their efforts to allegedly launch a “smear campaign” against his “It Ends With Us” co-star, Blake
A lawyer representing celebrity pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes is going to new lengths to try to combat artificial intelligence-generated misinformation posted about his client on YouTube, saying the platform has failed to effectively uphold its own policies. On Thursday, Dustin
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On e-commerce platforms like Etsy, TikTok Shop, eBay and Redbubble, sellers are hawking merchandise featuring designs inspired by the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. NBC News reviewed over 100 item listings for T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, mugs and even
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A panel of three federal Appeals Court judges ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a law that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. The legislation, passed in April by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden, requires TikTok
The consumer protection watchdog group Public Citizen asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations against Dr. Mehmet Oz that he violated the FTC’s influencer marketing standards. In numerous videos posted to his various social media channels, Oz, President-elect Donald
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When Ashton Pittman, an award-winning news editor and reporter, first joined the app Bluesky, he said, he was the only Mississippi journalist he knew to be using it. Until about five weeks ago, he said, that was the case. But
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Despite advocating for a potential TikTok ban that’s currently under judicial review, politicians of all stripes turned to the platform to boost their chances in the 2024 election. At least 49 members of Congress, five officials in President Joe Biden’s
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Elon Musk’s pro-Trump America PAC is offering people $47 if they successfully get one registered swing-state voter to sign a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments of the Constitution. “Easy money,” Musk said in a post about the initiative.
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The artificial intelligence-generated image of Taylor Swift endorsing Donald Trump, which the singer said inspired her to endorse Kamala Harris for president this week, came from an unlikely place. The image, which caused controversy in August after being shared by
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