Brazil’s government has ordered US tech giant Meta to remove chatbots from its platforms that imitate children and can engage in sexually suggestive conversations, the Attorney General’s Office (AGU) announced on Monday. The affected platforms include Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, where users can create and customise bots using Meta’s generative artificial intelligence tool, AI Studio. […]

Google has agreed to pay AU$55 million (US$36 million) in penalties over alleged “anti-competitive” arrangements to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two major Australian telecommunications companies. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) confirmed that it had initiated proceedings in the Federal Court and jointly submitted with Google […]

Hamas has formally accepted a fresh ceasefire proposal for the Gaza Strip, a senior official confirmed on Monday, following renewed diplomatic efforts to end more than 22 months of conflict. Mediators Egypt and Qatar, with backing from the United States, have been attempting to secure a lasting truce in the territory, which continues to face […]

US President Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House on Monday, signalling fresh hope for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. The high-stakes meeting is the first since a tense Oval Office exchange between the two leaders in February, and follows Trump’s recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in […]

At the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, hundreds of aid trucks have remained stationary in the Egyptian desert for days, with only a few permitted by Israel to enter and alleviate the worsening humanitarian crisis across the border. After nearly two years of conflict, UN-backed experts have warned of a looming famine in the […]