Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are adding music-focused generative artificial intelligence features to their core consumer apps, underscoring how advanced AI tools are moving into mainstream use. Google’s Gemini AI assistant can now create 30-second music tracks based on text, photos or video uploaded by users using Google DeepMind’s latest…
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa is warning that the rise of generative AI accessibility and functionality provides significant risks ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections. A key concern for the Commission, the country’s electoral process watchdog, is the use of generative AI and chatbots to quickly and easily create hyper-local disinformation…
Japan Data Education Technology Feb 19, 2026 A survey of junior high and high school students in Japan found that many are using generative AI, whether to assist them in study or in their free time for fun or as a conversation partner. Usage for Study and in Free Time A survey of junior high…
As South Africa prepares for the 2026 Local Government Elections, the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in hyper-local disinformation campaigns has emerged as a key concern for the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). IEC Chairperson Mosotho Moepya warned that the 2026 polls are likely to see a shift from broad…
By Natalie Lung, Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are adding music-focused generative artificial intelligence features to their core consumer apps, underscoring how advanced AI tools are moving into mainstream use. Google’s Gemini AI assistant can now create 30-second music tracks based on text, photos or video uploaded by users using Google DeepMind’s latest Lyria…
By Natalie Lung, Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. are adding music-focused generative artificial intelligence features to their core consumer apps, underscoring how advanced AI tools are moving into mainstream use. Google’s Gemini AI assistant can now create 30-second music tracks based on text, photos or video uploaded by users using Google DeepMind’s latest Lyria…
How GenAI Is Reshaping Value Creation, Operating Models, and Competitive Advantage Generative AI has crossed a critical threshold. What was once viewed as an experimental capability is now becoming a foundational layer of modern enterprise and public infrastructure. This shift is not about deploying new tools. It is about redefining how value is created, how…
Flag of South Korea’s prosecution service. Photo by Asia Today Feb. 17 (Asia Today) — South Korea’s prosecution service is accelerating development of generative artificial intelligence tools to assist with investigations and trial preparation, including support for drafting indictments, officials said Monday. The move follows a pilot program by the courts and signals a broader…
araelf/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways AI language models can erode our ability to create new ideas. Other types of AI models can help us improve our critical thinking. The focus on globalization technology must shift to local intelligence. We are at a confluence of AI…
Should India have a child safety solutions observatory? Is it high time we devise a youth advisory council? Is there a need to look at child well-being more than just child safety? These were some of the pertinent questions raised at the session titled ‘Safeguarding Children in India’s AI Future: Towards Child-Centric AI Policy and…
