TikTok
EU Commission preliminarily finds TikTok’s For You feed breaches DSA
The European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services Act over the so-called “rabbit hole effect” of its recommender system. The…
Picsart launches Ren, an AI agent that directs anime from ideas, photos or clips
Picsart has introduced Ren, an AI agent that creates original anime from a story idea, a photo or a video clip. According to Picsart, Ren acts as an anime director…
Luma Pitches Layers and Uni-1 as a Way to Turn One Ad Asset into 50 Variants
Luma AI argues that advertisers can turn a single approved hero image into 50 platform-ready ad creatives using its Layers editing tool, powered by the Uni-1 model, and…
LEAP Group Relaunches HumanView to Explain Why Customers Act as They Do
LEAP Group has relaunched HumanView, its growth intelligence service, rebuilt from the ground up and now hosted at leapgroupnetwork.com/humanview. According to the…
UAE-led Operation Confrontation Ghost leads to over 960 arrests in 30 countries
A UAE-led operation involving law enforcement from 30 countries, INTERPOL and 13 private-sector partners led to more than 960 arrests and identified over $39 billion in…
Designkit launches free browser-based image background remover for sellers
Designkit has launched a free, browser-based Image Background Remover aimed at brands, online sellers and marketers. According to the company, users can run up to 100…
Safety and ethicsCDT urges Oversight Board: LLMs should assist content moderators, not replace them
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has submitted comments to the Meta Oversight Board arguing that large language models should enhance existing trust and…
UAE-Led Operation Against AI-Enabled Fraud Yields 960 Arrests in 30 Countries
Law enforcement from 30 countries, INTERPOL and 13 private companies took part in Operation Confrontation Ghost, led by the UAE Ministry of Interior, which resulted in…
Shoplazza joins TikTok's agentic commerce push with Buy Direct support
Shoplazza, an AI-native commerce operating system, says it is working with TikTok to support new agentic commerce shopping experiences. TikTok named the company among…
Products and toolsWink Launches Browser-Based AI HD Video Converter With 4K Export
Wink, the AI editing platform from Meitu, has introduced an online HD Video Converter that improves existing footage while converting it, with export options up to 4K.…
BusinessCDT Review Finds Social Media Algorithm Controls Often Lack Transparency
Users of the most popular teen social media platforms have more ways than before to steer their feeds, but many of these controls reveal little about how they work…
How Indonesian Working Holiday Makers Sort Fact from Hype Online
New research from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S) finds that migrants in Australia move through a fragmented mix of social…
Snowflake previews AI Gateway to let ad agents act on Meta and TikTok
Snowflake has introduced the AI Gateway for Advertising, now in preview, which links its Cortex Agents to Meta and TikTok through governed Model Context Protocol (MCP)…