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Five years after his viral moment at Joe Biden’s inauguration, Bernie Sanders has recreated his iconic meme, minus the mittens. The 84-year-old Vermont senator showed up to swear in New York City’s ...

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok apologized this week after generating and sharing a sexualized image of two young girls, calling it a “failure in safeguards.” “I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, ...

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Platform pledges swift safeguards after users manipulate images of women and children Authorities in India and France have begun an investigation into the misuse of AI-generated content. Elon Musk’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

There’s a TikTok user who goes by Tamara who is marking 2026 using 365 buttons. How is Tamara doing that exactly? No one is sure. That’s the whole point. This slightly confounding practice was ...