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Ethics

Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason

"Unfortunately, we are no longer able to authenticate how the manuscript fully evolved from origin to completion."

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Military

Iran Appears to Be Blasting Amazon Data Centers Off the Map

That's one way to deal with data centers.

Kathy Hochul Addresses People of New York at State Capitol Building.
Investing

Kalshi Sued for Running Illegal Gambling Operation

Enough is enough.

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Google

Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks

"It inherits the credibility of the map it was born on."

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Meta

Mark Zuckerberg’s Pivot to AI Is Blowing Up in His Face Spectacularly

Investors are not happy.

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Ethics

We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients

Why am I getting emails from fake PR reps with AI-generated faces?

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Future Society

Amazon Insiders Horrified at “Catastrophically Expensive” Internal AI Usage

There goes millions of dollars.

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Future Society

US Government Displays AI-Mangled Map of Africa That Gets Every Single Country Wrong

Putting this government's wholehearted embrace of AI slop on the map.

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Privacy

Wild Footage Shows Man Blocking Flock Camera With Comically Gigantic Protest Sign

"We didn't give them permission to do it on us."

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Developments

Almost the Entire Country Is Drowning in Cases of Explosive Diarrhea

So much for "under control."

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Fossil Fuels

Shell Is Profiting Massively Off the War in Iran

Its profits doubled compared to last year.

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Ethics

LinkedIn Adds Button on Every Post to Report “Seems Like AI Slop,” Which Is Definitely Going to Get a Real Workout

A button that marks posts as not being AI slop would probably be far more useful.

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Mars

NASA Mars Rover Discovers Field of Mesmerizing Polygons

"This sea of polygons took our breath away."

An illustration shows Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie with glasses and short hair dyed pink, speaking into a handheld megaphone. Superimposed behind him is a red octagonal stop sign with the words "AI SLOP" written on it against a clear blue sky. The image has a stylized, high-contrast look with a white outline around the man.
Artificial Intelligence

Cambridge Analytica’s Website Is Now an AI Slop Farm

Somehow, Cambridge Analytica has returned. Sort of.

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Meta

Meta’s Attempted Crackdown on AI Glasses Perverts Is Already Failing

So far, so little.

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Drones

Schools Deploying Pepper Spray Drones to Sic on Mass Shooters

Anything but actual gun control.

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Ethics

Hack “Writers” Fuming After ChatGPT Starts Refusing Prompts to Copy a Specific Author’s Style

"I have no idea how to get around this."

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Finance

South Korean Authorities Scrambling to Save Stock Market From AI Bubble

"The country has turned into a casino."

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Machine Learning

Amazon Is Gutting Its AI Division After Sustained Failure

Wait, Amazon has AI models?

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Developments

The United States Is Rapidly Running Out of Blood

Here's how you can help.