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06.10.2026, 05:18

На Черкащині підприємство завдало ₴58 мільйонів збитків державі через незаконне видобування піску

Правоохоронці повідомили про підозру директору та працівнику підприємства у незаконному видобутку піску на Черкащині, внаслідок чого державі завдано збитків у розмірі понад 58 млн грн. — Укрінформ.

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05.10.2026, 17:30

Melonie wants to register her vote as a trademark - Reuters

Italian Prime Minister George Meloni has applied to the European Union Intellectual Property Office to register her vote as a trademark. Thus, it is trying to deal with deepfakes created with the help of artificial intelligence, ahead of next year's general election in the country. The trademark application was filed on Monday. A four-second recording was added to it, in which the Prime Minister says twice: "Io sono Giorgia Meloni" — "I am George Meloni". The application is currently under consideration, Financiаl Times writes. A source in the government confirmed the application. An EU office official told The Times: “We have received a request that can be approved after a three-month period during which anyone can object to the registration.” This step puts Melonie at the forefront of the legal struggle of public figures around the world who are trying to find ways to protect the timbre and intonation of their voice from cloning and misuse in deepfakes, created by AI. Many in the entertainment industry, including Taylor Swift and Italian singer Giuzi Ferreri, have already applied to register their votes as trademarks. However, Meloni became the first known major politician to decide to do the same. Italy is preparing to hold elections next year. The struggle is expected to be extremely fierce. Meloni will seek a second term, while confronting both the center-left opposition and a new far-right party led by former General Roberto Vannacci. "Italy is entering the election campaign, which in many ways will be very bloody. It will be dirty — this is absolutely obvious," said Giovanni Orsina, head of the Department of Political Science at the LUISS University of Rome. “She will become the main enemy… and d…

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