'Easiest scam in the world': Musicians sound alarm over AI impersonators
Does the latest track by your favourite singer sound slightly off? You may be right. Fraudulent AI-generated tracks are increasingly appearing in artists' own profiles on streaming platforms, presented as their original work.
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'Waiting to die': the dirty business of recycling in Vietnam
Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse.
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Asian markets retreat ahead of US jobs as tech worries weigh
Asian markets extended losses with Wall Street on Tuesday as investors jockeyed for position ahead of key US jobs and inflation data, while sentiment remains subdued by worries over a possible tech bubble.
Read moreSecurity beefed up for Ashes Adelaide Test after Bondi shooting
Police armed with rifles will be part of a beefed up security presence at the third Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval after the Bondi Beach shooting attacks, officials said, while flags will be flown at half-mast.
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Famed Jerusalem stone still sells despite West Bank economic woes
Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, proudly points to an armada of machines busy eating away at sheer walls of dusty white rock that stretch into the distance.
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Trump sues BBC for $10 billion over documentary speech edit
US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking at least $10 billion from the BBC over a documentary that edited his 2021 speech to supporters ahead of the US Capitol riot.
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Chile follows Latin American neighbors in lurching right
Chile has became the latest Latin American country to ditch the left after voters, driven by fears of crime and migration, elected on Sunday their first far-right leader since the end of a vicious military dictatorship in 1990.
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Will OpenAI be the next tech giant or next Netscape?
Three years after ChatGPT made OpenAI the leader in artificial intelligence and a household name, rivals have closed the gap and some investors are wondering if the sensation has the wherewithal to stay dominant.
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Khawaja left out as Australia's Cummins, Lyon back for 3rd Ashes Test
Fit-again opener Usman Khawaja was overlooked for the third Ashes Test in Adelaide on Wednesday as Australia skipper Pat Cummins and veteran Nathan Lyon were named to make their return.
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Australia PM says 'Islamic State ideology' drove Bondi Beach shooters
A father and son were likely driven by "Islamic State ideology" when they fired on Bondi Beach in one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.
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