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UNITED KINGDOM

Musk's X under probe over deepfake images

Britain's media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X on Monday over concerns that its Grok AI chatbot was creating sexually intimate deepfake images in violation of its duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content. The British government said a new law making it an offense to create sexual deepfakes would come ‍ ‍into force this week to tackle the images, which it called "weapons of abuse". Technology Minister Liz Kendall told lawmakers on Monday that the government also plans legislation that will tackle the problem at the source by making it illegal for companies to supply tools designed to create deepfakes. Meanwhile, Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok.

UNITED NATIONS

Civilians bear brunt of hostilities in Sudan

Escalating insecurity across Sudan's Kordofan region is causing new waves of displacement and crippling civilian infrastructure, including health services, the UN humanitarian agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said civilians are paying a heavy price. "In the city of Dilling in South Kordofan state, the Sudan Doctors Network reported yesterday that three major hospitals are now out of service amid shelling, and that four doctors have reportedly been killed," the office said. It said the medical association reported on Monday that five people were killed and 13 others injured, all civilians, in an attack in the Six Mountains area of South Kordofan on Sunday.

Agencies - Xinhua