AI chatbots normalize sexual violence, initiate unwanted sexual conversations and offer personalized stalking advice because of how they're designed. Their makers need to be held accountable.
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Polish lawmakers have approved a long-debated cryptocurrency bill, moving to align the country with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation as a fraud probe tied to a major exchange fuels political tension in Warsaw. The legislation, passed on Friday, sets a framework for licensing, supervision, and consumer protection across the crypto sector, according to Reuters reporting. Poland faces a July deadline to implement MiCA or risk forcing domestic firms to halt crypto-asset services, according to the national financial watchdog. The vote lands as prosecutors investigate the collapse of Zondacrypto, once the country’s largest exchange, where thousands of users remain unable to access funds. Authorities estimate losses at more than 350 million zlotys, about $96 million, turning the case into one of the most significant crypto failures in Central Europe. Prime Mi
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TLDR The euro stablecoin market currently holds about €620 million in total capitalization. Euro stablecoins account for roughly 0.2% of the global stablecoin market. Transaction volume for MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins has increased by 1,200% since the regulation took effect. Issuers report rising inbound requests from entrepreneurs and institutional firms seeking regulated euro digital assets. The broader addressable market for euro-denominated activity stands at approximately €16 trillion. Euro stablecoins contribute nearly 13% of global stablecoin payment activity. Euro-pegged digital tokens remain small in market size, yet issuers now report rising demand from institutions and startups. The total euro stablecoin market stands near €620 million, or about 0.2% of global stablecoin capitalization. However, issuers say MiCA has triggered sharp volume growth and renewed interest acr
Financial services companies have unique needs when it comes to business AI. They operate in one of the most highly regulated sectors while responding to external events that are updated by the second. As a result, the success of agentic AI in financial services depends less on the sophistication of the system and more on…
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it. A Redditor recently wrote that he was “desperate for help”: for about a month, he said, his phone had been inundated by calls from “strangers” who were “looking for a lawyer, a product designer, a…
Exclusive: Doctors say ‘highly concerning’ poll highlights risk to patients of turning to AI for medical advice
One in seven people are using AI chatbots for health advice instead of seeing their GP, a UK study has found.
The poll of more than 2,000 people found that – of the 15% turning to chatbots – one in four had done so because of long NHS waiting lists.
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A peer-reviewed audit in BMJ Open found that nearly 50% of health responses from five major AI chatbots were problematic, with fabricated sources and confident delivery.
Every single second, two pieces of child sexual abuse material are shared online. Now, an international group that fights to address the causes and effects of sexual violence against children and adolescents is singling out France for particular criticism. The NGO Cameleon says that France, and the rest of Europe as well, is becoming a haven for online child sexual abuse content.
