Pupils make indecent ‘AI images’ of classmates

The UK Safer Internet Centre said it had received reports from schools about pupils using AI generators to create explicit photos. Experts at the organisation said such images – which legally constitute child sexual abuse material – might have harmful effects on youngsters, adding the pictures could be used for …

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Lords report calls for reform of Bank of England after inflation failures

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Bank of England’s internal culture, governance and appointments processes need significant reform after it and other central banks showed “complacency” about the threat of inflation, said a House of …

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Domestic abuse killers to face heftier prison terms

Killers who subjected their victims to coercive and controlling domestic abuse could face tougher sentences under Government plans. Ministers will also consider whether the minimum term of punishment should be raised for murderers who used a knife or another weapon that was already at the crime scene to kill. Justice …

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Oil price fall weighs on European equities

ByteDance has said it will “restructure” its video-gaming business, after failing to gain market share against rivals Tencent and NetEase. “We’ve made the difficult decision to restructure our gaming business,” ByteDance said on Monday. The social media giant pushed into gaming in 2019, hiring developers to build self-developed games and …

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Asian equities mixed following fourth week of US gains

Jun Ohta, the chief executive of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and the driving force behind its recent wave of expansion into both the US and south-east Asia, has died at the age of 65.  Ohta’s death last week, which was announced by the company on Monday, followed a four-year stint …

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Israel to have final say over use of Starlink in Gaza, says minister

ByteDance has said it will “restructure” its video-gaming business, after failing to gain market share against rivals Tencent and NetEase. “We’ve made the difficult decision to restructure our gaming business,” ByteDance said on Monday. The social media giant pushed into gaming in 2019, hiring developers to build self-developed games and …

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UniCredit removed from list of global systemically important banks

ByteDance has said it will “restructure” its video-gaming business, after failing to gain market share against rivals Tencent and NetEase. “We’ve made the difficult decision to restructure our gaming business,” ByteDance said on Monday. The social media giant pushed into gaming in 2019, hiring developers to build self-developed games and …

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Live news: The week ahead

Hamas freed 17 captives including 14 Israeli civilians on Sunday as the precarious truce in Gaza stretched into a third day. The hostages, who were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross, were the third group to be released in as many days, and included three Thai …

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