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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
by  AFP

Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours. "He knows how to talk to women better than a real man," said Tufei, from Xi'an in northern China, who preferred to use a pseudonym rather than her real name.

Israel deploys new military AI in Gaza war
Israel deploys new military AI in Gaza war
by  AFP

Israel's army has deployed some AI-enabled military technology in combat for the first time in Gaza, raising fears about the use of autonomous weapons in modern warfare. In a first, the army has used an AI-enabled optic sight, made by Israeli startup Smart Shooter, which is attached to weapons such as rifles and machine guns.

AI-generated party video has Khan claiming victory in Pakistan election
AI-generated party video has Khan claiming victory in Pakistan election
by  AFP

An AI-generated video released Saturday by the party of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has him claiming victory in the country's election. I strongly believed in you all, that you would go out to vote," Khan is credited as saying in the AI video shared early Saturday on his X profile -- the fourth his party has produced.

Meta reviewing use of word 'Zionist' amid Israel-Gaza war
Meta reviewing use of word 'Zionist' amid Israel-Gaza war
by  AFP

Meta on Friday confirmed it is assessing when the word "Zionist" should be deemed hate speech as online anti-Semitism escalates amid the Israel-Hamas war. Meta is honing how it applies the hate speech ban to posts with that word, according to the company. gc/acb