Jasmin Watson

Amazon Web Services, the backbone of much of the modern digital economy, suffered a widespread outage centered in its U.S. East region. The disruption brought down major websites, applications and systems across the world. From airlines to banks to social platforms, the effect was immediate and far reaching. The incident, first flagged around 3 a.m. … Read more

Meta is all set to let parents disable their teens’ private chats with AI characters, after criticism that its “flirty” chatbots had raised concerns about safety and oversight. Under the forthcoming changes, parents in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Australia will be able to block individual AI characters and see broad topics their teens … Read more

German authorities have dismantled more than 1,400 illegal websites linked to cybertrading fraud across Eastern Europe, the country’s financial regulator BaFin and state investigators announced Monday. The joint operation, dubbed Operation Heracles, was carried out by the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office in coordination with BaFin, Europol, and Bulgarian law enforcement. The effort targeted networks … Read more

Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos, collectively viewed millions of times, were removed from YouTube following an investigation that highlighted potentially infringing content across the platform. Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had filed a legal suit in New Delhi to have AI-manipulated videos — some showing lookalikes in romantic scenes — taken down. … Read more