Amid the growing trend of Canadians seeking health-care guidance online, YouTube is poised to confront the issue of misinformation head-on.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10497756/youtube-health-canada-misinformation/
Top security officials added the U.S. has greatly improved its ability to safeguard election security and identify and combat foreign disinformation campaigns since 2016.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10499117/us-elections-2024-ai-foreign-influence/
The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10498706/bc-government-social-media-deal/
The makeover will begin this week in the U.S., where users will periodically see conversational summaries generated by Google's AI technology at the top of search results.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10496348/google-ai-search-summaries/
Attorneys for the creators argued in the lawsuit that the law violates users’ First Amendment rights to free speech, echoing arguments by TikTok in a separate lawsuit.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10496227/us-tiktok-ban-new-lawsuit/
The advisory warns cyber actors backed by Russia, China and other countries are increasingly targeting non-profit and advocacy groups, journalists and other civil society members.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10495802/cse-cyber-advisory-civil-society-russia-china/
U.S. technology experts say the meeting could offer a glimpse into Beijing’s thinking about AI amid a generally tight-lipped Chinese approach to the technology.
Telecommunications provider Northwestel reported telephone, internet and long distance services had been disrupted over the weekend after fibre optic lines were damaged.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10492624/canada-wildfires-telecom-communication-outages/
Trudeau called Meta an "irresponsible web giant" that made billions sharing information from local journalists who work hard to make sure people are properly informed.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10489331/trudeau-meta-news-block-wildfires/
Creating the electricity for artificial intelligence could great increase greenhouse gas emissions and make climate change worse, a researcher says.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10485677/artificial-intelligence-climate-change/