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Substack Adds Pangram-Powered AI Detector for Reader-Initiated Scans

Offering readers a voluntary scan of long passages, the tool is meant to protect trust in authorship on Substack.

France Reports 77 Crypto-Linked Kidnappings in First Half of 2026

Majority of TikTok Recommendations Are AI-Generated, Study Finds

Two Men Charged Over Mass AI 'Deepfake' Porn Under Take It Down Act

ARD Documentary Exposes Deepfake Health Ad Scheme Using Hirschhausen's Likeness

Brazil Antitrust Regulator Reopens Google Probe Over Use of News in AI

Galicia Publishes Draft Digital Education Law With Student Emails, Phone Bans and AI Limits

Epic Tests AI NPC ‘Conversations’ in Fortnite’s Creator Tools

France Summons Elon Musk for Voluntary Testimony in X Investigation

OpenAI Ends Sora, Retreats From Consumer Video

Juries Rule Against Meta in New Mexico and Los Angeles, With Google Liable in L.A. Addiction Case

Google Tests AI Headline Rewrites in Search

Meta Partially Reverses Horizon Worlds VR Exit, Keeps Existing Games Alive

Sheinbaum Pauses Civil Suit Against Elon Musk After Cartel Allegation

At 30, Section 230 Faces Cross-Ideological Calls to Curb Algorithmic Immunity

ZDF Documentary Sounds Alarm on ‘Big AI’ Power as Experts Urge Immediate Action

Ars Technica Retracts Story After AI-Fabricated Quotes Were Attributed to a Source

Karti Chidambaram Rebuts Film-Fueled Currency-Security Allegations, Citing Lack of Evidence

Digital Dating in Mexico Reaches Scale but Shows Strain

EU Tells TikTok to Overhaul 'Addictive' Design in Preliminary DSA Findings