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November 8: Google School AI Lawsuit and Ukraine Power Failures
Children and online safety
Parents of a 13-year-old in North Carolina have sued Google in California, alleging their daughter planned to end her life after months of interacting with its AI on a school-issued Chromebook. The complaint says Google introduced AI features without adequately warning parents about risks. Her parents sought emergency psychiatric care, and she now attends weekly therapy.
The New York Times reports Google plans to disable AI tools by default for schools, although a company executive says schools still will not have an AI-free search option. Separately, British Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says ministers are seriously considering barring children under 16 from eBay and Vinted over grooming concerns.
Executions in Iran
Iran says it has executed three men accused of working with Israel and the United States during nationwide anti-government protests in January.
Mass killing in Krakow
Poland is mourning a mass killing following Saturday's attack in Main Square, a major tourist destination in Krakow's Old Town. Authorities say the attacker held far-right views. Poland's defense minister described the attack as an act of terror.
Ukraine's power supply
The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has lost its last external power line and switched to emergency diesel generators to keep its reactors cool and maintain essential safety and security functions. The cause of the disconnection is unknown.
Separately, power company DTEK says Russian attacks on Ukraine's electric grid have left more than 600,000 people without power in the country's southeast.
Tourist deaths in Morocco
Police are investigating after two British tourists were found dead in a hotel room in Agadir last Monday. At least two other guests at the resort were hospitalized and reported to be in critical condition. Investigators are considering food poisoning or a gas leak, but the cause of death has not been established. Post-mortem examinations have been ordered.
Migrant boat sinks off Senegal
Dozens of people were killed when a migrant boat sank near Kebemer, off northwestern Senegal. Separately, authorities on El Hierro in the Canary Islands have declared an emergency following a marked increase in migrant boat arrivals.
Chinese AI in Britain's justice system
Britain's Ministry of Justice has decided to use Alibaba's Qwen3 AI model to analyze criminal records. Jonathan Hall, Britain's outgoing independent reviewer of terrorism and state threats legislation, says the model denied the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre during his testing. He warns its censorship poses a national security threat. Alibaba told The Telegraph it would check internally.
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