Judge sentences Winnipeg man to 3½ years for AI child sex abuse imagery, child-like sex dolls

Jeffrey Sewell, 42, was sentenced to more than three years in prison after admitting to making computer-generated child ...

AI ‘stars’ like Tilly Norwood and Xania Monet are raking in millions, much to the horror of critics — but their creators are hitting back

This is what we’re going to do — make an AI actress. I think it’d be really fun,” Tilly’s creator, Eline Van der Velden, ...
CNN

South Korea’s aging population finds comfort, care in ‘robo-grandma’ dolls

Editor’s Note: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Globally: The ...
Reuters

Exclusive: AliExpress bans Chinese sex doll seller after Reuters examination

AliExpress removes China-based Guava Dolls from marketplace Reuters identified four listings for dolls resembling minors Marketplaces under scrutiny following French investigation Lawyers said images ...
cmu.edu

AI Materials Design: Enabling the Next Generation of US Energy Infrastructure

AI is poised to revolutionize the way new materials are discovered and deployed, a shift that has the potential to speed up the development of novel materials necessary for the future U.S. energy ...
Reuters

France seeks three-month suspension of Shein over sex dolls

PARIS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The French government will ask a Paris judge on Wednesday to order the suspension of Chinese online platform Shein in the country for three months over sales of childlike sex ...
jacobin

Intimate Advertising, the Next Frontier in AI Manipulation

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT will soon allow erotic features for adult users. The move points toward new and intimate forms of advertising in which Big Tech shapes human desire and manipulates it ...
The Hacker News

Chinese DeepSeek-R1 AI Generates Insecure Code When Prompts Mention Tibet or Uyghurs

New research from CrowdStrike has revealed that DeepSeek's artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model DeepSeek-R1 produces more security vulnerabilities in response to prompts that contain topics ...
The New York Times

An A.I. Toy Bear Speaks of Sex, Knives and Pills, a Consumer Group Warns

The chatter left startled adults unsure whether they heard correctly. Testers warned that interactive toys like this one could allow children to stray into inappropriate exchanges. By Mark Walker ...
People

AI Teddy Bear Could Allegedly Give Kids BDSM Sex Advice and Tell Them Where to Find Knives. Sales Were Just Suspended

“We found one troubling example. How many others are still out there?” said one of the co-authors of the report exposing the toy's dangerous capabilities Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and ...
The Hill

Bipartisan group of lawmakers sends letter to online commerce platform Shein

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to online commerce platform Shein, expressing concern its website was used to facilitate the sale of childlike sex dolls in the U.S. The letter, ...