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Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI

If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into ...
Al Jazeera English

US revokes six visas over Charlie Kirk death amid social media crackdown

The US Department of State says it has revoked the visas of six foreigners over remarks they made on social media about Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was shot dead at a rally ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Roblox 'taken to task' but may not be included in social media ban, says eSafety commissioner

Australia's eSafety commissioner says her team has "taken Roblox to task" over its risk of exposing children to harm but warned the online gaming platform may not be included in the upcoming social ...
Politico

Social media must warn users of ‘profound’ health risks under new California law

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law mandating health warning labels for social media, making California the latest U.S. state to wield a rule originally designed to curb ...
NPR

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...
Indiatimes

'Before Canada becomes new India': Social media meltdown over new turban shop in Sudbury

A Sikh turban store in Sudbury, Ontario, sparked a social media uproar from 'Canada First' proponents concerned about immigration. G urpreet Singh Broca, who came to Canada from India to study and now ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Video games could fall under the social media ban, researchers say

Online games are excluded from the social media ban for under-16s, but digital media researchers say this exclusion may not last. The eSafety Commissioner has written to online game platforms about ...
Futurism

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

AI bots are everywhere now, filling everything from online stores to social media. “Competition-induced misaligned behaviors emerge even when models are explicitly instructed to remain truthful and ...
Observer

Sora Marks OpenAI’s Leap Into Social Media—and Into a Reality Crisis

Sora is redefining social media by merging A.I. video generation with community-driven creation and collaboration. Cheng Xin/Getty Images The reception has been divided. Critics say Sora signals the ...
Courthouse News Service

NYC sues social media companies over keeping kids scrolling in 'flow state'

The mobile phone apps for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are shown on a device in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) MANHATTAN (CN) — New York City accused the companies behind Facebook, ...
CNN

Denmark plans to ban social media for users under 15, as PM says platforms are ‘stealing childhood’

Denmark will move to ban social media for children under 15, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday, saying the online platforms are “stealing our children’s childhood.” Speaking at the opening ...
The Conversation

Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti-immigrant content

Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Despite the ...