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Options for first-time buyers are reaching record highs, new data shows

'Very soon we will have the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified and classified network throughout our department,' US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said in a speech at Musk’s space flight company, SpaceX.

Elon Musk seeks custody as his new baby mama's transgender comments draw scrutiny. What Ashley St Clair has actually said, explained.

The UK is activating laws to criminalise AI-generated deepfakes following a crackdown on Elon Musk's Grok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned X could lose its self-regulatory status if it fails to curb digital abuse.

Global crackdown: These nations are restricting or speaking out against Grok over non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes

Charlotte Nichols calls on technology secretary to set out ‘red line’ social media firms must cross before government switches to alternative platforms

Kristi Noem stunned CNN viewers by stating that the government cannot be trusted, sparking widespread social media debate about her role in the current Trump administration.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: It is entirely right that Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, should put the safety of women and girls first and protect them from the ‘hyper-pornographied slop’ pumped out by the Silicon Valley giants

The UK is making it a crime to generate or request AI-made explicit content from this week, following the ban on sharing deepfakes. The region's communications regulator, Ofcom, is also looking into Grok, investigating the service formally to see if it "has complied with its duties to protect people."