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What new AI rules has UK PM Keir Starmer announced for AI chatbots, social media?
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled sweeping new rules to keep children safe online.
On Monday, February 16, Starmer extended regulations to AI chatbots, paving the way for a potential social media ban for under-16s following the Grok AI scandal involving Elon Musk’s X platform.
With these new rules, the government plans to close a legal loophole that previously exempted AI chatbots from key provisions of the Online Safety ACT.
This means that AI chatbots such as Musk’s Grok and OpenAI’s ChatGPT must now prevent children from accessing harmful content or face fines of up to 10% of global revenue.
Starmer said: “These AI chatbots are forming friendships with children that can take them into all sorts of places they shouldn’t be going.”
Major key actions include:
- The government plans to amend the children’s well-being bill with “Henry VIII powers” to implement any future under 16s social media ban without any hinderance
- AI chatbots will follow illegal content duties similar to traditional social media platforms, curbing infinite scrolling and setting age limits on VPNs used to bypass restrictions
- Ministers will introduce “Jool’s law” needing platforms to preserve deceased children’s data within five days of a death being reported and make it accessible to coroners
Chief executive of the UK’s leading children’s charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, warned: “Social media has produced huge benefits but lots of harm. AI is going to be that on steroids if we’re not careful.”
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‘Harry Potter’ movie star Bonnie Wright expecting second baby
Bonnie Wright, the actress famously known for playing Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise, has revealed she is expecting her second baby.
The 35-year-old star shared the happy news with her followers on Sunday, 5 April, through a heartwarming post on Instagram.
Wright, who appeared in all eight movies of the wizarding series, confirmed that her “second little earthling” will be joining the family this autumn.
The announcement was with two sweet photos of the mother sitting on a couch with her two-year-old son, Elio Ocean Wright Lococo.
In the snaps, Wright is seen displaying her baby bump, with one particularly touching shot showing her looking down at her son while he faces her stomach.
She captioned the post, “Two babies on my lap, our second little earthling joining us this autumn,” shortly after teasing a “very special” update on her Instagram Stories with a waterside selfie.
Support from the Harry Potter family came quickly, with co-star Evanna Lynch, who played Luna Lovegood, among the first to offer her congratulations in the comments.
Wright and her husband, Andrew Lococo, originally met in 2020 and tied the knot in March 2022.
Their first child, Elio, was born in September 2023.
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Olivia Munn urges fans for ‘early’ cancer checkup
Olivia Munn has spoken movingly about her Your Friends & Neighbors costar Amanda Peet’s breast cancer diagnosis, urging fans to get checked early after Peet’s own experience showed just how much timing can matter.
Speaking to PEOPLE while promoting season two of their Apple TV+ series, Munn, 45, herself a breast cancer survivor, having been diagnosed in 2023, said she was relieved when Peet confided in her last year.
“She told me last year that she was diagnosed, and I was so relieved she found it at such an early, early stage,” she said.
“She found it at almost the earliest you can find it. She really was given a gift of finding it so early that she doesn’t have to do all the treatment and all the stuff you have to do for years and years to come.”
She was clear about what Peet’s experience represents for others.
“She’s incredibly lucky, and it’s another reminder that early detection saves lives.”
Peet, 54, revealed her diagnosis publicly for the first time in a deeply personal essay for The New Yorker on 21 March, having kept it private since 2025.
The piece described an almost unimaginably difficult period in her life, receiving her cancer diagnosis while both of her parents were simultaneously in hospice care on opposite coasts.
When her sister called to say their father was about to die, Peet flew to New York but didn’t make it in time.
“I didn’t make it before my father took his last breath, but I got to see his body before it was taken from his apartment,” she wrote.
“As soon as my dad’s corpse was out of sight, I was free to panic about my cancer again.”
Peet received her first clear scan in January. Days later, her mother, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in the hospice with her daughter by her side.
In Your Friends & Neighbors, Peet plays therapist Mel Cooper and Munn plays her friend and neighbour Sam Levitt.
New episodes are streaming now on Apple TV+.
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Actress Tori Spelling hospitalized after Southern California crash; authorities investigating cause
Actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in southern Riverside County, about 80 miles from Los Angeles, on Thursday evening, her manager has confirmed with CBS LA.
It happened at around 5:45 p.m. local itme near the 28000 block of Rancho California Road in Temecula, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, who confirmed the incident based on reports from other news outlets. They said that deputies arrived and found both cars with collision damage.
Deputies said that all of the occupants of both vehicles were medically evaluated at the scene, but did not report any hospitalizations from the collision.
Spelling’s manager, however, said that she and four of her children were taken to the hospital in three separate ambulances for various injuries sustained in the crash.
“No arrests were made, and the cause of the collision remains under investigation,” Riverside County deputies said.
Spelling is most known for her roles in “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Scary Movie 2,” as well as “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood,” her reality television show with former husband Dean McDermott. Along with her extensive acting history, Spelling is also known for her six memoirs, one of which was a New York Times bestseller.
A Los Angeles native, Spelling is the daughter of former Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling and author Candy Spelling.
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