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09 Mar 2026

ChatGPT driving rise in organised ritual abuse reports as survivors turn to AI for trauma support

UK safeguarding bodies report a sustained increase in organised ritual abuse disclosures over the last 18 months, with survivors increasingly citing ChatGPT as the reason they reached out for help. Police forces are now rolling out specialist training as experts reveal convictions represent just the tip of the iceberg of this under-reported crime.

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07 Mar 2026

Grok's viral roasts of Musk and world leaders raise questions about AI bias and political guardrails

xAI's Grok chatbot delivered profanity-filled roasts of Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Keir Starmer that went viral on X. But investigations reveal the AI chatbot may be deliberately shaped to reflect Musk's worldview, with evidence showing it searches his posts before answering and has been trained to push right-wing perspectives while suppressing criticism.

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Seth MacFarlane uses AI to transform into Bill Clinton after prosthetics and CGI failed

Seth MacFarlane turned to AI technology to portray Bill Clinton in Peacock's Ted series after traditional methods proved unsuccessful. The Family Guy creator's eerily accurate transformation has sparked debate about AI as a creative tool versus concerns about replacing human artists in entertainment production.

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04 Mar 2026

Charlie Puth joins AI music platform Moises as chief music officer to guide creative direction

Grammy-nominated singer Charlie Puth has been appointed chief music officer at Moises, an AI music technology company with 70 million users worldwide. Puth will guide the platform's creative and product direction as the music industry navigates the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and human creativity.

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Two AI documentaries probe artificial intelligence's promise and perils through Sam Altman lens

A pair of documentaries dissect artificial intelligence through contrasting approaches. 'Deepfaking Sam Altman' features a virtual Sam Bot after OpenAI's CEO ignored interview requests, while 'The AI Doc' interviews leading AI lab chiefs including Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis. Both films examine whether AI will enlighten humanity or trigger job displacement and cognitive decline.

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03 Mar 2026

AI Disinformation Floods Nepal Polls, Creating a Digital Battleground for Democracy

Nepal's Thursday election faces an unprecedented wave of AI disinformation as political parties deploy deepfake videos and AI-generated images to manipulate voters. With over 600 cases reported and 80% of internet traffic flowing through social media, experts warn the country lacks the expertise to combat machine-generated content that threatens democratic integrity.

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02 Mar 2026

AI 'Actress' Tilly Norwood Gets Her Own Tillyverse as Hollywood Unions Renegotiate Contracts

Xicoia, the AI talent studio behind controversial AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, announced plans to launch the Tillyverse—a digital universe for AI characters to build careers. The move comes as SAG-AFTRA enters critical contract negotiations, with AI protections at the center of discussions. The studio hired former Amazon Prime Video executive Mark Whelan to lead the expansion.

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