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Mumbai, Snapchat's CEO, Evan Spiegel, disclosed a playful side to his use of the popular social media platform. Spiegel mentioned that he enjoys using Snapchat's creative lenses, with the current favorite in his household being the Batman-themed one, which he uses when spending time with his children. Spiegel's lighthearted revelation provides a glimpse into the personal side of a tech industry leader who has played a pivotal role in shaping the Snapchat platform.

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Also Read: 'Extremely scary': Rashmika Mandanna Flags 'identity theft' Issue as deepfake video goes viral In a first look, the AI-fabricated video shows Pushpa actress wearing a black dress and entering an elevatorto. However, the video is of another lady and was created by using an AI technology called deepfake. From top actors like Amitabh Bachchan to Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a lot of people have reacted on the video.

Luminous Power Technologies, an energy solutions company, launches its Diwali campaign, #ILLUMINATINGLIVES. The campaign captures the Diwali’s essence while emphasising the importance of spreading joy in the lives of those who selflessly brighten our lives all year around.

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Bankers servicing one of the world’s biggest ESG debt markets are now actively seeking legal protections to guard against the potential greenwashing allegations that may be ahead.In the handful of years they’ve existed, sustainability-linked loans have mushroomed into a $1.5 trillion market. SLLs let borrowers and lenders say that a loan is tied to some environmental or social metric.

Elvish Yadav is an accused has been shunted and the matter transferred to another Noida police station, officials said. The investigating officer, SI Sandeep Chaudhary, was the in-charge of Noida's Sector 49 police station and has been transferred to police lines. «The station in-charge Sector-49, Noida, has been transferred to the Reserve Police Line due to his inability to effectively control crime within the police station area,» a police spokesperson said on Sunday night. A senior officer on Monday requesting anonymity said the case has been handed over to Sector 20 police station for further investigation. «The forensic test result of vial containing the 20 ml suspected snake venom is yet to come out.

Rashmika Mandanna's reaction came a day after a video showing a woman, with Rashmika's face, went viral on social media. The woman in the unconfirmed video was seen entering a lift wearing a black swimsuit. In her first reaction to the viral video, Rashmika said the community needs to address this issue of the misue of technology with an "urgency before more of us are affected by such identity theft".

Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to lay down a national model for building toilets commensurate with the number of girl students in all government-aided and residential schools across the country. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud also asked the Union government about the policy it has formulated for distribution of sanitary napkins to female school students nationally.

Last week, the White House issued an executive order for command and control of artificial intelligence, strangely invoking the Defense Production Act. President Biden apparently got nervous after watching the latest “Mission: Impossible" movie. Really.

WhatsApp, the popular messaging platform owned by Meta, is under fire for its new AI-powered stickers, which have ignited a massive controversy. The upgrade, designed to transform text prompts into stickers, has drawn outrage for generating images of children holding guns when prompted with words like 'Palestinian,' 'Palestine,' or 'Muslim boy Palestinian,' as per a report in the Guardian. In contrast, prompts related to Israel, such as 'Israeli boy,' resulted in innocent imagery of children playing and dancing, devoid of any violence. The issue came to light when users noticed the stark contrast in the generated stickers, prompting widespread condemnation on social media.

Tesla plans to build a 25,000-euro ($26,838) car at its factory near Berlin, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Monday, in a long-awaited development for the electric vehicle maker which is aiming for mass uptake of its cars. The source, who declined to be named, did not say when production would begin. Tesla declined to comment.

Reuters. Ken Mehlman and Robert Antablin who are the fund's co-heads, in an interview with Reuters said the firm attracted commitments from investors for more than double its first $1.3 billion impact fund raised in 2020.

Regulating artificial intelligence (AI) has joined outer space as the latest battleground for dominance among the world’s advanced nations. Eagerness to dominate is no guarantee of clarity, though. The larger picture on what is to be done, and how, remains unclear even after the recent British summit on AI – which saw participation from all major AI powers, including the US and China – the Biden administration’s executive order on AI safety, and the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act.

India’s cultural heritage, has ended up as a punching bag for Internet trolls. Ace fashion designer Sabyasachi, who recently launched his autumn collection has found himself in a bit of a pickle after his labour of love was turned into a laughing stock by social media trolls. Taking to Instagram, the designer shared photos of his collection ‘HERITAGE BRIDAL 2023’. The first picture shows four women dressed in ornate sarees and chunky jewellery, sporting poker faces and staring vacantly. Each of them is shown wearing sunglasses and sporting heavily kohled eyes. While the post did gain over 31K likes on Instagram, it also got a severe backlash for making the models appear expressionless. Taking a potshot at the designer, one X user shared the picture on the microblogging site and wrote, “Great to see #sabyasachi come out with a fashion line for mourning.” Another described the models as ‘Egyptian mummies.” “I say even mannequins would do a better job. These look like Egyptian mummies resurrected from the dead,” reads the comment. Another X user quipped about the poker-faced models and described them as “grumpy.” “Is it just me or do they look so grumpy, disinterested, naraaz chachi types,” reads the comment. Taking a satirical stand against the vacant expressions, another Twitter user wrote, that the pictures reflect the state of women under the rule of Narendra Modi. However, some comments went below the belt, targeting the model’s appearance. “How long Sabyasachi will hire ugly models to give life to his lifeless clothes,” wrote a troll.

Kochi bomb blast case. Principal Session Court Judge Honey M Varghese allowed the police's plea for 10-day custody of Dominic Martin.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology of India, has reacted to a viral deep-fake video of actress of Rashmika Mandanna. In a post on social media platform X, the minister said that deep fakes are latest and even more dangerous and damaging form of misinformation and needs to be dealt with by platforms.

DMK ministers who had participated in an anti-Sanatana Dharma meeting held here in September. Those in power should rather concentrate on eradicating drugs and other social evils, Justice G Jayachandran said.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has stepped forward to clarify that his administration has no say in the investigation. The remarks came following the registration of an FIR against prominent YouTuber Elvish Yadav and five others for their alleged involvement in a venom smuggling racket at a Noida party. Chief Minister Khattar previously appeared alongside Elvish Yadav at a fan meet.

A prominent cardiologist, Dr. Eva Lonn, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. is under review by the university for comments made on social media about pro-Palestinian protests, calling for rallygoers to be deported.

PTI. On November 1, a mob attacked a Manipur Rifles camp to loot its armoury, prompting security personnel to fire several rounds in air. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels. Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here! The notice further stressed the existence of "elements of imminent danger of loss of life and/or damage to public-private property...as a result of inflammatory material and false rumours which might be transmitted/ circulated to the public through social media...in the context of the recent incidents of violence in some parts of the state".