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How AI could ‘supercharge’ election risks across south-east Asia

By Kate Lamb · The Guardian Technology · Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 01:58 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Some experts fear AI could be weaponised in south-east Asia, home to nations with predominately young and hyper-connected populations

Years ago it would have been an elaborate operation involving any army of cyber troops creating fake news websites, social media accounts and forged dossiers, all deployed to spread disinformation en masse.

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WhatsApp expands parental controls to teen accounts with group alerts, Meta AI restrictions

After introducing parent-managed accounts for pre-teens earlier this year, WhatsApp today expanded its parental controls to teen accounts, adding group activity alerts and additional restrictions for Meta AI. Here are the details. more…

9to5Mac 1h ago

Gavin Newsom signs laws to protect California workers from AI threat

Democratic governor sharply critical of Donald Trump for not passing comprehensive federal AI regulations Governor Gavin Newsom signed laws Wednesday aimed at protecting California workers from the threats of artificial intelligence, including potential job losses and workplace…

The Guardian Technology 3h ago

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

TechCrunch 4h ago

How AI could ‘supercharge’ election risks across south-east Asia

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