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Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images (www.theguardian.com)

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)

OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan

FBI cracks phone belonging to Trump rally shooting suspect (www.theguardian.com)

Federal investigators are analyzing device’s content, although it is unclear how agency gained access...

Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity | Internet safety | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.

Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)

Aaron Bushnell, who died last month, ‘sacrificed everything’ for Palestinians, says mayor of Jericho...

Baby in Missouri dies after mother mistakenly puts her in oven for nap (www.theguardian.com)

Robot Kills Man After Mistaking Him for Box of Vegetables (www.theguardian.com)

‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president (www.theguardian.com)

Kim Davis must pay $100,000 to US same-sex couple she denied marriage license (www.theguardian.com)

Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’ (www.theguardian.com)

What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian::Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them

How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

Fourth of July overshadowed by 16 mass shootings across US (www.theguardian.com)

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)

“Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada”

German court convicts activist for leading ‘from the river to the sea’ chant (www.theguardian.com)

A Berlin court has convicted a pro-Palestinian activist of condoning a crime for leading a chant of the slogan “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a rally in the German capital four days after the Hamas attacks on Israel, in what her defence team called a defeat for free speech....

Angela Carini abandons Olympic fight after 46 seconds against Imane Khelif (www.theguardian.com)

The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change (www.theguardian.com)

Black Friday not the cheapest time to shop, says consumer group (www.theguardian.com)

‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com)

Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity (www.theguardian.com)

New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors

Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model (www.theguardian.com)

Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden’s powerful unions — The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union model::The first ever strikes and a solidarity blockade against the US carmaker could force it to rethink its entire anti-union...

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