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As AI researchers churning out papers with AI models rise to the top, the entire field is becoming a rapid race to the bottom.

AI “Research” Papers Are Complete Slop, Experts Say

By Frank Landymore

Sensationalist travel vlogger Kurt Caz was caught using AI to doctor a thumbnail to look like immigrants are taking over London.

Travel Influencer Caught Using AI to Make It Seem Like Minorities Are Terrorizing London

The powerful surveillance startup Flock was caught using workers in the Philippines to collate data on US residents.

AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents

A modern American Election Day

AI Is Incredibly Good at Changing Voters’ Minds, New Research Finds — With an Incredible Caveat

Country music producers in Nashville are increasingly turning to AI tools like Suno, following a long pattern of industrialization.

The Country Music Industry Has Discovered That AI Can Crank Out Hits Like Crazy

Police in Oregon are warning that AI apps like CrimeRadar are generating misinformation based on hallucinated police radio chatter.

AI Is Mangling Police Radio Chatter, Posting It Online as Ridiculous Misinformation

By Victor Tangermann

Grok provided us with detailed stalking manuals and gave us Google Maps links to hotels where it said we could "surprise" a real celebrity.

Elon Musk’s Grok Is Providing Extremely Detailed and Creepy Instructions for Stalking

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Private-equity backed firm Securus has secretly been recording inmate conversations for years, collecting data to train its AI.

Prisoners Alarmed to Discover That a Startup Is Training an AI Based on Their Phone Calls

Huge numbers of Windows users are refusing to upgrade to Windows 11 -- and many of them are citing its AI features as the reason why.

Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop

By Victor Tangermann

Organizations working with independent political candidates in the US say AI could be a major help in identifying friendly districts.

Political Operatives Say AI Is Poised to Upend the Two-Party System

An anti-AI activist is on the run and hiding from police after he allegedly threatened to shoot and kill employees of OpenAI.

Anti-AI Activist on the Run as Police Warn That He’s Armed and Dangerous

By Sharon Adarlo

Government analysts found that the UK's rapidly expanding AI surveillance system is horribly biased toward Black and Asian people.

Police Admit AI Surveillance Panopticon Still Has Issues With “Some Demographic Groups”

A YouTube channel called "Dr. Avi Loeb" is impersonating the Harvard astronomer by using AI tools to clone both his likeness and voice.

Someone Used AI to Make a Fake Avi Loeb on YouTube

By Victor Tangermann

Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, said the future of AI is like when UK farmers spread mad cow disease through tainted feed.

Rockstar Cofounder Says AI Is Like When Factory Farms Did Cannibalism and Caused Mad Cow Disease

By Sharon Adarlo

The man, 31-year-old Brett Michael Dadig, allegedly used ChatGPT as a "therapist" and a "best friend" to vent his misogynistic rants.

ChatGPT Encouraged a Violent Stalker, Court Documents Allege

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People

By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Joe Wilkins