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Researchers simulated a social media platform that was populated entirely by AI to see if we can stop them from turning into echo chambers.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

By Victor Tangermann

An AI-generated piece of clickbait is crowding out the much-hyped release of Tyler, the Creator's "Don't Touch the Glass" on social media.

Tyler, the Creator’s New Album Is Getting Buried by AI Knockoff

Some digital sleuths are uncovering decades-old tweets on love, books, and happiness on the Supreme Leader of Iran's Twitter account.

As War Descends on Iran, People Have Discovered Some Wild Old Posts on Ayatollah Khamenei’s Twitter Account

The default settings for the Meta AI App are causing some users to leak some unfortunate personal details to the entire world.

People Don’t Realize Meta’s AI App Is Publicly Blasting Their Humiliating Secrets to the World

Young people often want to be influencers — but certain personality types appear more likely to pursue it as a career than others.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Figured Out the Personality Traits of Influencers, and It Could Explain a Lot

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meta's giving up human moderators for AI, and the consequences for vulnerable users are likely going to be grim.

If You Thought Facebook Was Toxic Already, Now It’s Replacing Its Human Moderators with AI

A recent report found that Meta consistently under-moderates anti-LGBTQ posts while over-policing LGBTQ content.

Meta’s Platforms Have Become a Cesspool of Hatred Against Queer People

A new survey conducted in the UK found that nearly half of young people wished they lived in a world without the internet.

Health & Medicine

Nearly Half of Young People Wish the Internet Had Never Been Invented

By Frank Landymore

After a "glitch" caused Instagram's feed to go haywire with gore, a woman complains she's having grotesque AI slop shoved in her face.

Instagram Showing Users Grotesque Videos of Human-Animal Hybrids

By Frank Landymore

Pinterest is the latest tech company to update its privacy policies to allow it to scrape user data for AI training.

Artificial Intelligence

Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta issued an apology after Instagram users' feeds were suddenly flooded with videos gore, murders, and other upsetting content.

Instagram Apologizes for Showing Stream of Horrific Real-Life Murders in Users’ Feeds

By Frank Landymore

As Musk's fraught purchase of Twitter continues to hemorrhage money, the mogul is searching for more suckers to pad his fall.

Elon Searching for Investors Gullible Enough to Pour More Money Into Twitter

President Donald Trump's social network, Truth Social, lost a staggering amount of money last year, according to the latest filing.

Trump’s Failing Social Network, Truth Social, Lost an Absolutely Staggering Amount of Money Last Year

By Victor Tangermann

TikTok users looking to spite the US government have found a new home in Chinese app RedNote, along with a warm welcome from Chinese users.

TikTok Users Looking to Spite US Government Find Warm Welcome on Chinese App

The latest research suggests that addictively consuming mind-numbing digital content may almost literally be rotting our brains.

Neuroscience and Brain

“Brain Rot” Is Poisoning Our Minds

By Frank Landymore

Over the last month, traffic to the site formerly known as Twitter has taken a nosedive as Bluesky continues to bring in more and more users.

Twitter’s Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky

By Noor Al-Sibai