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Apparently using Google Gemini to write a fan letter in the voice of a little girl doesn't sit well with people. Google has pulled its "Dear Sydney" ad after major backlash that criticized Google for misjudging how much the public values genuine human expression. The ad features a father using the Google Gemini chatbot to help his daughter write a fan letter to Olympic track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

"The home of unlawful social media piracy."That's what some of the biggest football leagues in the world are calling Elon Musk's X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in a letter obtained by the Associated Press. The letter from soccer leagues like Premier League, LaLiga, Bundesliga, and Serie A, which was sent to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, demands that the company take more action against copyrighted content being illegally published on the platform. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk spreads doctored Kamala Harris campaign video on X Since Elon Musk took over X, then known as Twitter, in October 2022, pirated content has run rampant.

Porn site BangBros has allegedly exposed user and model information, cyber security site Cybernews reported. In June, the research team at Cybernews discovered more than eight gigabytes of sensitive information about BangBros users. This information included IP addresses, usernames, messages, countries and geolocations, and model names, ages, and descriptions. SEE ALSO: Should I use a VPN to watch porn? "Although the credentials were not leaked directly, hackers can associate the IP addresses with the identity from other leaks," explained Cybernews information security researcher Mantas Kasiliauskis in its reporting.

A new fight has popped up in the ongoing battle between TikTok and the U. S. government, but this time, it's about children's online privacy. The Justice Department sued TikTok on Friday, alleging that the social media platform violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by allowing children to create accounts and interact with adults — and collecting and retaining their data without getting consent from their guardians.

Simone Biles dunked on Donald Trump, and it didn't take long for LeBron James to join in. Some context: Biles, the undisputed gymnastics GOAT, won the all-around gold in women's artistic gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday. This followed Team USA gold earlier in the week. All that winning — and likely more to come in individual events — elevated Biles to a standing all her own in modern artistic gymnastics. SEE ALSO: How women’s gymnastics is scored at the Olympics, and how Simone Biles pushes those boundaries In the wake of the golds, Biles took a pretty clear jab at former President Donald Trump.

AI music startup Suno has admitted that its AI model is trained on copyrighted music, but insists it's legally protected by the fair use doctrine. On Thursday, Suno fleshed out this argument in a legal filing responding to a lawsuit from the Recording Industry Association of America on June 24.