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  • FILE – A woman walks with her ballot to a vacant voting booth at City Hall in San Francisco, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)Politics

    China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network of fake social media users mimics Americans to sway U.S. political debate

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta blocked an Iranian hacking network posing as tech support from Microsoft and Google

    By Eric Tucker, David Klepper, and others
  • Scarlett JohanssonTech

    Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use fake female online profiles to get clicks: ‘Pretending to be a female is the easiest way to get credibility’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The YouTube app is seen on an iPad, March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. YouTube announced Wednesday, June 5, 2024, that it is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Tech

    YouTube is tightening rules on gun videos to stop them from reaching children but critics say proof will be in ‘whether the company enforces’ them

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, speaks during the open portion of a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Senators grill top U.S. intelligence officials about how they’ll stop AI-armed adversaries from influencing the 2024 election

    By David Klepper, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Don BeyerTech

    Car dealership owner turned politician goes back to college to study AI, machine learning: ‘There won’t be robots with red eyes coming after us any time soon’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Super Tuesday election night party Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Fake images of Trump surrounded by smiling Black voters are circulating online, highlighting the potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence ahead of the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Tech

    Fake images of Donald Trump with Black supporters highlight worries about how AI will be used in 2024 election

    By Matt Brown, David Klepper, and others
  • FILE – Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. Attorneys for X Corp. and a research organization that studies online hate speech traded arguments in court Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, after the social media platform sued the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate for documenting the recent increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased by Elon Musk. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)Tech

    Elon Musk’s X wants judge to penalize non-profit for documenting hate speech on the platform, costing it millions when advertisers fled

    By David Klepper, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Seth Robinson, a chiropractor who serves as Tesla BioHealing's medical director, lifts bed skirts to show "biohealers" — canisters that the company claims exude "life force energy," or biophotons, at the Tesla BioHealing & MedBed Center, in Milford, Del., on Oct. 3, 2023. According to QAnon adherents, medbeds were developed by the military (in some versions, using alien technology) and are already in use by the world’s richest and most powerful families.Health

    From ‘life force energy’ canisters to ‘medbeds,’ online health conspiracy theories are creating a new age of unproven treatments

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta closes nearly 4,800 accounts it says China-based actors were exploiting to repost Twitter content and polarize U.S. voters

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta updates AI deepfake policy for political ads, 2 months after Google did it

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Free speech absolutist Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who uncovered X/Twitter’s increase in hate speech since takeover

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The Federal Trade Commission claims Meta’s plan to buy the competitor will give it an unfair advantage in the burgeoning VR market. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    ‘It’s not simple’: Researchers tweaked Facebook’s algorithms to see if they could fix America’s political polarization. They failed

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • MIAMI, FLORIDA – MAY 06: Elon Musk walks in the Paddock prior to final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Miami at Miami International Autodrome on May 06, 2023 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Clive Mason – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk posted misleading tweets about the Texas mall gunman’s long history of neo-Nazi views being a potential ‘psyop’

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press
  • KNUTSFORD, UNITED KINGDOM APRIL 21: In this photo illustration the Twitter logo is seen on a computer screen and mobile cellphone on April 21, 2023 in Knutsford, United Kingdom. The social media company started removing large numbers of the blue verification check marks, or “blue ticks,” that had historically indicated a verified account. The company said in a statement that they are “removing legacy verified checkmarks” and, to remain verified on Twitter, users can sign up for the paid Twitter Blue subscription. (Photo illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Tech

    Changes at Elon Musk’s Twitter have supercharged views for Russian and Chinese propaganda accounts, according to a new report

    By David Klepper and The Associated Press