Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media

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California first lady’s Miss Representation: Rise Up studies the backlash against women in the era of algorithms and deepfakes Life moves pretty fast. It is Monday lunchtime when Jennifer Siebel Newsom drops into the Guardian’s office in Washington, just a couple of blocks from the White House, for an interview to promote her new film. Less than two hours later her husband, the California governor, Gavin Newsom, announces that the couple are under investigation by the justice department. One strand of the investigation specifically targets Siebel Newsom’s taxes and the California Partners Project, a gender equity non-profit she co-founded that received $4.3m in donations solicited by her husband. Gavin Newsom denounced the move as a “personal vendetta” directed by Donald Trump because the governor is considering running for US president. Continue reading...

The World Cup is well underway across North America, bringing its usual mix of spectacular goals, historic upsets and colourful stadium crowds. But alongside the genuine celebrations, a wave of manipulated media is flooding social media. From a fake Hitler lookalike to hyper-realistic female football enthusiasts designed exclusively to bait clicks, FRANCE 24's Maya-Anaïs Yataghène investigates these viral supporters in this edition of Truth or Fake.

The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be comprised of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development.

Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors.

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

The G7 summit is wrapping up in the French city of Evian, with the agenda dominated by questions of tech sovereignty and protection of minors on social media. All G7 members are in favour of a social media ban for teenagers, with the UK already introducing one and France thinking of introducing one in the near future. But disagreements persist, on the topic of AI for example. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle takes a look at the last day's objectives from Evian.

The third and final day of the G7 summit focuses on AI and social media, with CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic and European rival Mistral meeting leaders for lunch on Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron has invited his US counterpart Donald Trump to a private dinner at the lavish Palace of Versailles after the three-day summit wraps up.