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THE Taoiseach has warned people to "be vigilant" after a deepfake video shared on social media showed him promoting a financial product.

The AI-generated video depicted Micheal Martin claiming he had "proven" that anyone could earn €40,000 with "just a phone and €250".

Content that uses AI-generated media to make it look or sound like a real person has been recorded or photographed is known as a deepfake.

In the scam video the AI-generated Taoiseach claimed that those "invested" would see their first €1,000 profit within hours.

And if they did n

BENGALURU: A "condolence message" turned into a disturbing experience for senior Kannada actor Doddanna S, as unidentified miscreants used AI tools to create and circulate a fake tribute post declaring him dead.

The post circulated on the Facebook page 'https://www.facebook.com/public friendnews', creating confusion among his friends, fans and well-wishers.

The 77-year-old actor stated in his complaint Monday that the post spread rapidly online, prompting numerous calls and messages enquiring about his well-being.

He said the fake death

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab self-driving unit Waymo is recalling nearly 3,900 robotaxis in the U.S. because a software issue could cause the ​vehicles to enter a closed freeway construction zone and continue driving.

It ‌is the second recall by Waymo in just over a month.

The latest recall, filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), stems from more than a dozen incidents since early April in California and ​Arizona in which Waymo autonomous vehicles (AVs) did not recognise a

Waymo is recalling 3,791 vehicles after one of the company's driverless cars was washed away during flash flooding in San Antonio last month.

Waymo filed to recall vehicles installed with its fifth and sixth generation automated driving system on May 6 with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The California-based company started pulling vehicles off the road on April 24.

"On higher speed roadways, the Waymo [autonomous vehicle] may slow but not stop in response to detecting a potentially untraversable flooded lan

Google’s earthquake warning system failed to get to many Turkish residents before February’s deadly tremors, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found.

Turkey was shaken by two powerful earthquakes, a magnitude 7.8 and 7.5, on Feb. 6 that which claimed the lives of more than 50,000 people in southern and southeastern Turkey.

Google says its alert system can give users up to a minute’s notice on their phones before an earthquake hits.

It says its alert was sent to millions before the first, biggest quake.

However, the BBC visited three cities in the earthquake zone, speaking to hundreds of pe