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Twenty-eight states now want proof of your kid's age before they download a single app. And to prove that age, someone has to hand over an I.D. — or personal data — to the app store itself. Texas star

Twenty photos. Fifteen minutes. That's all a stranger needs to turn your child's birthday picture into something you can't unsee. According to Britain's Internet Watch Foundation, A.I.-generated child abuse videos jumped

Nearly nine in ten older adults say they're worried about A.I. scams — voice cloning, fake videos, a stranger wearing a loved one's face. But almost all of them are bracing for the wrong threat. They're learning to spot the fake. And that's e

That little spinner you stare at while an app says "verifying your identity"? In the few seconds it spins, it's not just comparing your selfie to your photo I.D. It's quietly running about seven separate checks — and most of them, you'll neve

An employee at a global company sat in a video meeting with his chief financial officer and several colleagues. Everyone on the call looked normal. Everyone sounded right. Every single face was fake — and by the end of that meeting, the compa

Back in 2/3/2021 , ESPN brought two dead men back to life on your television. Al Davis, the late founder of the Raiders. Pete Rozelle, the former N.F.L. commissioner. Both gone for years — and

Your kid clears the age check. They tap "I'm eighteen." And in that instant, the app stops asking who they are — and starts deciding what they see. The gate was never the point. The feed was. If you're

Picture this. It's two in the morning, and your A.I. assistant just logged into your bank. It has your password. It's acting as you. And the bank has no easy way to tell if it's really allowed to be there. If you've ever

Every time you upload your driver's license to a new website, you're making yourself less safe — not more. The safest way to prove who you are might be a system where your actual documents never travel anywhere at all.

In New South Wales, Australia, the government is about to require your face be scanned before you can play a poker machine. Not at an airport. Not at a police station. At the pub down the road. And cl