Exclusive: Ads containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groupsThe Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disinformation and incited religious violence, according to a report shared exclusively with the Guardian.Facebook...

Senate committee told of potential for deepfakes or cloned robocalls of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, which may not be illegal under current lawsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian Electoral Commission has said it expects AI-generated misinformation at the next federal election, potentially from...

The Australian Electoral Commission says Australia won't be 'immune' to AI-generated misinformation at its next election. 'I can't give you a prediction about whether it will be used,' the AEC commissioner, Tom Rogers, said. 'But we're seeing increased use in these types of tactics in elections around the world. I don't think we're going to be immune...

All five systems tested were found to be ‘highly vulnerable’ to attempts to elicit harmful responsesGuardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found.The UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) said systems it had...

Tech experts hope new term for carelessly automated AI webpages and images can illuminate its damaging impactYour email inbox is full of spam. Your letterbox is full of junk mail. Now, your web browser has its own affliction: slop.“Slop” is what you get when you shove artificial intelligence-generated material up on the web for anyone to view. Continue...

AI Overviews, announced this week, are the culmination of a long line of products dedicated to keeping you on Google.comGoogle announced this week that it would begin the international rollout of its new artificial intelligence-powered search feature, called AI Overviews. When billions of people search a range of topics from news to recipes to general...