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France news
fromwww.thelocal.fr
1 week ago

PODCAST: The 16m French chateau scam and why 2027 could be a scary' year in France?

Rent controls in France may disappear, affecting big-city rents and housing markets, while other updates cover Seine swimming, a chateau scam, and French expressions for saying sorry.
fromMashable
1 week ago

Meta made tens of millions off scam ads that ripped off seniors

Meta made millions off of scam ads specifically targeting seniors, according to a new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). The tech watchdog found that Meta was failing to curb malicious Medicare-related advertisements, which earned the platform $14.3 million in ad revenue in 2025. Such advertisements included false promises of "free benefits" for Medicare recipients, AI-generated celebrity deepfakes, and fake enrollment deadlines. They predominantly targeted Facebook users aged 65 or older, primarily in Texas and Florida.
Online marketing
Artificial intelligence
fromMail Online
3 months ago

Can you tell the difference between real and AI-generated people?

People are overconfident in their ability to distinguish AI-generated faces from real ones and perform only slightly better than chance.
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