OpenAI gives first look at Sora, an AI tool which creates video from just a line of text
- OpenAI has shared a first look at a new tool, called Sora, which instantly generates videos from a line of text.
- Some have expressed concerns that the tool may be misused, such as to manipulate or phish the general public.
- Others express concerns about copyright and privacy.
- For more, please visit the Sky News website.
Children exposed to ‘spicy’ adult fiction by BookTok influencers
- Parents, publishers and booksellers have welcomed “BookTok”, where people promote literature on TikTok.
- However, it has generated concerns that children may be reading titles with adult content.
- Schools have become aware that young people are being drawn to such books, with one teacher urging parents to check that the books their children read are age appropriate.
- For more, please visit The Guardian website.
Taunts, bullying… then groping: how sexual assaults are increasing in schools
- Research into police records have found an increase in reports of sexual assault and rape in England and Wales since 2019.
- Kate Parker, founder of the Schools Consent Project, reported that she was also hearing more reports of online sexual harassment.
- Police are watching the Online Safety Act to see if it will have an impact on clamping down on damaging content.
- For more, please visit The Guardian website.
The youngest paramilitary attack victim since GFA signing as hundreds of children injured
- An FoI has shown there have been 564 young people aged 18 and under injured in paramilitary style attacks between April 10, 1998 and February 13, 2023.
- The youngest victim is nine years old, who suffered injuries to their ribcage with an unknown weapon.
- 38.8% of these 564 people were shot with injuries resembling a “punishment shooting.”
- For more, please visit the Belfast Live website.
