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AI actor Tilly Norwood lands first feature film role despite industry backlash over training data

Woman Loses Year's Savings to AI Romance Scam Featuring Deepfake Dubai Prince Video Calls

Aniplex opens door to AI in anime while 88.6% of creators say tech threatens their livelihoods

South Korean startups create AI-generated videos of deceased loved ones, sparking ethical debate

AI actor Tilly Norwood lands first feature film role despite industry backlash over training data

Particle6 Productions announced that Tilly Norwood, its controversial AI-generated actor, will star in Misaligned, a feature film set in the Tillyverse. The move marks a significant shift as AI steps from behind-the-scenes assistant to on-screen talent, despite fierce opposition from SAG-AFTRA and actors who claim the technology uses stolen performances without consent or compensation.

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Woman Loses Year's Savings to AI Romance Scam Featuring Deepfake Dubai Prince Video Calls

A Filipino domestic worker lost $1,625 after falling victim to an AI romance scam involving lifelike video calls with a deepfake impersonating Dubai's crown prince. The scammer used AI-powered technology to create real-time deepfake videos, manipulating her into paying for a fake marriage certificate and royal membership card before she discovered the account was based in Nigeria.

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Aniplex opens door to AI in anime while 88.6% of creators say tech threatens their livelihoods

South Korean startups create AI-generated videos of deceased loved ones, sparking ethical debate

Steam Users Show Surprising Tolerance for AI in Games, Survey Reveals Only 8% Refuse to Buy

Trump posts AI video mocking celebrity critics with deepfake treatment for Derangement Syndrome

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Aniplex opens door to AI in anime while 88.6% of creators say tech threatens their livelihoods

Aniplex, the powerhouse behind Demon Slayer and Solo Leveling, signals openness to AI tools in anime production. President Shu Nishimoto says the company will consider generative AI if it benefits creators, reversing earlier commitments to hand-drawn work. The shift comes as 88.6% of Japanese creators report the technology threatens their income and WIT Studio faces backlash for AI-generated backgrounds.

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06 Jul 2026

Wealthy families pay $75,000 for AI tutors at Alpha School despite unclear educational outcomes

Alpha School is charging wealthy families $75,000 annually for AI-driven education that replaces traditional teaching with AI tutors and project-based workshops. Despite the hefty price tag, the private schools don't report performance metrics, and internal documents reveal AI-generated content riddled with errors. Former employees describe students as guinea pigs in an unproven experiment.

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AI actor Tilly Norwood lands first feature film role despite industry backlash over training data

Particle6 Productions announced that Tilly Norwood, its controversial AI-generated actor, will star in Misaligned, a feature film set in the Tillyverse. The move marks a significant shift as AI steps from behind-the-scenes assistant to on-screen talent, despite fierce opposition from SAG-AFTRA and actors who claim the technology uses stolen performances without consent or compensation.

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03 Jul 2026

Woman Loses Year's Savings to AI Romance Scam Featuring Deepfake Dubai Prince Video Calls

A Filipino domestic worker lost $1,625 after falling victim to an AI romance scam involving lifelike video calls with a deepfake impersonating Dubai's crown prince. The scammer used AI-powered technology to create real-time deepfake videos, manipulating her into paying for a fake marriage certificate and royal membership card before she discovered the account was based in Nigeria.

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02 Jul 2026

South Korean startups create AI-generated videos of deceased loved ones, sparking ethical debate

A growing number of South Koreans are using AI-generated videos to recreate deceased loved ones, with startups like Vaice serving 300 customers monthly at $390 per video. While families find comfort in these digital recreations of the dead, experts warn about ethical concerns and psychological harm as the technology advances toward interactive griefbots.

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30 Jun 2026

Netflix uses AI-generated Gene Wilder voice for Willy Wonka reality show, sparking backlash

Netflix partnered with ElevenLabs to recreate Gene Wilder's voice for its upcoming reality competition Wonka's The Golden Ticket. Despite approval from Wilder's estate, the move has ignited fierce debate about AI recreation of deceased performers' voices. Critics label it 'digital necromancy' while questioning whether estate consent can truly substitute for the performer's own approval.

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AI Scams and Deepfakes Hit 15 Million Americans, Costing $68 Billion in Financial Losses

A new Gallup and Stop Scams Alliance survey reveals that 12% of successful scams in 2025 involved AI or deepfakes, affecting roughly 15 million U.S. adults. Americans lost an estimated $68 billion to fraud last year—equivalent to Delta Airlines' annual revenue. The survey highlights how AI-powered scams are becoming harder to detect and causing severe financial and emotional distress.

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29 Jun 2026

TIDAL cuts royalties for AI-generated music while labeling tracks with new AI badge system

Music streaming service TIDAL introduced a policy that demonetizes fully AI-generated music, preventing these tracks from earning royalties or direct-to-fan sales revenue. Starting July 15, the platform will label 100% AI-generated content with an AI badge and remove tracks that impersonate artists, joining competitors like Spotify, Deezer, and Apple Music in addressing the flood of synthetic content.

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Vancouver Police Department faces backlash after posting AI-edited photo of drug bust

The Vancouver Police Department triggered public outrage after posting images of a drug bust marked "made with AI" on social media. The AI-edited photo showed currency mislabeled and raised concerns about fabricating evidence. Despite replacing the images and claiming AI was only used to remove names, skepticism persists about police using AI to manipulate official communications.

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28 Jun 2026

Nobel economist Robert Shiller warns AI job loss fears could trigger their own economic crisis

Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller cautions that widespread anxiety about AI-driven job displacement may become a self-fulfilling prophecy. With only 16% of Americans expecting AI to benefit society and 70% fearing fewer jobs, he argues these negative narratives about AI could trigger an economic downturn independent of actual technological impact.

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25 Jun 2026

Hasbro faces backlash over AI voice contracts requiring Peppa Pig child actors to sign away rights

Hasbro is under fire for reportedly asking child voice actors on Peppa Pig to sign contracts allowing AI recreations of their voices. The Agents of Young Performers Association has launched an open letter signed by over 1,000 industry professionals, arguing children cannot provide informed consent for minors and demanding full exemption from AI usage in contracts involving young performers.

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Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog ARG sparks fury as fans discover hidden AI data training clause

Sega launched a Sonic the Hedgehog alternate-reality game for the franchise's 35th anniversary, but fan excitement turned to outrage when participants discovered the terms of service require consent for AI data training. The Chaos Hunt ARG collects names, birthdates, zip codes, and phone numbers through marketing platform Community, which explicitly states user data may train proprietary AI models and be shared with third parties.

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Hollywood workers quietly train AI models as entertainment jobs dry up and survival takes priority

Three years after the 2023 strikes raised alarms about AI replacing entertainment workers, some of those same workers are now training the technology that worries them. As film and TV jobs grow harder to find, writers, editors, and executives across Hollywood are quietly taking gig work in Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback to pay the bills.

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ChatGPT and AI chatbots show political bias in answers, Washington Post analysis reveals

A Washington Post analysis tested major AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Elon Musk's Grok on hot-button political issues. The results show ChatGPT presented left-leaning arguments 80% of the time, while even conservative-marketed bots favored left positions. The findings raise critical questions about AI neutrality and the role these tools play in shaping political discourse.

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24 Jun 2026

Cory Doctorow warns AI bubble could trigger economic collapse as tech valuations soar to $1.4tn

Tech journalist Cory Doctorow's new book reveals how the artificial intelligence industry has ballooned into a $1.4 trillion bubble, with nine companies accounting for 35% of US stock market valuation. He warns of catastrophic economic consequences when the bubble bursts and criticizes how AI systems turn workers into 'reverse centaurs'—human assistants to uncaring machines rather than tools that augment human capability.

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