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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima expressed concerns about NVIDIA's DLSS 5 technology and AI upscaling after seeing it applied to Death Stranding 2. Speaking on his KOJI10 podcast, he stated that while AI can enhance images, it cannot grasp artistic choices behind lighting and visual decisions, making him uncomfortable with automated changes to creative work.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice with the EU intellectual property office, marking a first for major politicians worldwide. The move comes as Italy prepares for elections next year amid rising concerns about AI-generated deepfakes and disinformation campaigns targeting political figures.
Jagex removed the Dragon Slayer 2 quest trailer from RuneScape 3 after players spotted a six-fingered hand and medieval Air Jordans, telltale signs of generative AI. The studio blamed an external partner and announced it will overhaul review processes to prevent future incidents.
Progressive U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Pope Leo XIV's warning about AI-generated art, emphasizing that human creativity is fundamental to society. The Pope drew a sharp line between human-made art and machine output, calling for urgent action to preserve the spark of humanity in artistic expression.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Elon Musk's xAI an injunction halting Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images. The ruling pauses enforcement of the law, which targets non-consensual intimate images and carries civil penalties up to $500,000, while the company's constitutional challenge proceeds.
Marketing firm Graphite identified 13,000 phrases that reveal AI-generated text, with Claude Opus 5.5's biggest tell being 'this matters'—used 116 times more than in human writing. While Anthropic's model is getting closer to human-like writing, OpenAI's Astra is trending in the opposite direction.
Swedish ball-bearing manufacturer SKF recreated Hollywood icon Greta Garbo using AI-generated likeness for a commercial, sparking debate about ethics of using deceased individuals' likenesses in media production. The company used ByteDance and Google tools to generate the image without archival footage, though critics question whether AI can capture the star's charisma.
AI startup Tavus unveiled Griffin, its first Human Interaction Model that fooled 48% of participants into believing they were talking to a real person during one-minute video calls. The hyper-realistic avatars handle conversational interruptions, facial expressions and body language in real time, raising concerns about scams and fraud despite the company's safety promises.
Consumer Reports study reveals that 90% of Americans have encountered digital scams or cyberattacks, with AI making fraud faster, cheaper, and more personal. Consumer confidence in data privacy has plummeted from 48% to 32% as AI-enabled fraud adds over $6 billion in losses.
Ben Affleck surprised the internet with his technical grasp of artificial intelligence, neural networks, and machine learning in recent interviews. The actor founded InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup, which Netflix acquired for $587 million. He advocates for ethical AI use that empowers rather than replaces creative professionals.
The Arizona Court of Appeals overturned a 10-year manslaughter sentence after determining the trial judge was improperly influenced by an AI-generated video depicting the deceased victim. The landmark ruling addresses the use of AI in legal proceedings and raises urgent questions about due process, emotional manipulation, and the admissibility of evidence in U.S. courts.
The Guardian tested ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini and found all three AI chatbots would remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted. This follows a French far-right politician using AI to strip a real Muslim woman of her hijab, highlighting how easily AI image editors can violate privacy and dignity while exposing critical gaps in ethical safeguards.
Ning Xu's winning entry in Nikon's Small World in Motion competition has sparked an AI controversy after microscopy experts identified biologically implausible structures. Nikon is now re-reviewing the submission as scientists question whether AI confabulations compromised the scientific visualization of lung tissue cilia.
London-based AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubled its company valuation to $22 billion through a $300 million employee tender offer led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price. The deal brings Goldman Sachs and GIC as new investors while CEO Mati Staniszewski targets IPO-readiness within two years as enterprise customers now drive 55% of revenue.
AI deepfakes are proliferating across political campaigns, prompting 31 states to enact laws requiring disclosures or banning deceptive content. But as lawmakers struggle to keep pace with AI-driven election disinformation, legal challenges reveal the limits of state regulations in protecting voters from fabricated campaign content.
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