How USA TODAY mapped the potential consequences of a strike on US missile silos

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and ...

This teen was targeted by deepfake nudes. She hopes new training course will help future victims

A proliferation of artificial intelligence tools has made creating sexualized deepfakes simple and widely available.

Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

Google’s Veo video AI made stunning leaps in fidelity in 2025, and Google isn’t stopping in 2026. The company has announced ...

Grok assumes users seeking images of underage girls have “good intent”

Billed as “the highest priority,” superseding “any other instructions” Grok may receive, these rules explicitly prohibit Grok ...

Prosecutors want 20-year sentence for ex-South Carolina lawmaker for sharing child sex abuse videos

Prosecutors are seeking a 20-year sentence for a former South Carolina legislator who pleaded guilty to distributing child ...

World waits to hear if Iran executed protester after Trump warns them not to

Donald Trump has vowed ‘very strong action’ if Iran executes a pro-democracy protestor, with the world waiting to find out if ...

Grok produces sexualized photos of women and minors for users on X – a legal scholar explains why it’s happening and what can be done

Child sexual abuse material on X is clearly illegal. What’s less clear is how to force X to prevent its AI chatbot from ...