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Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live
The developer claims the tool is for cops, but anyone can sign up and use it for targeted harassment.
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Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels
‘I’ve rewritten the passage to align more with the J. Bree style’ appeared in the middle of a tense scene with a scaled dragon prince.
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Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification
Popular VR game Gorilla Tag partnered with the company k-ID to comply with age verification laws.
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Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
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Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy
Shooting missiles out of the sky from space could require a constellation of 36,000 satellites.
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Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
According to its newest transparency report, Telegram complied with more than 5,000 requests from authorities in the first three months of 2025.
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Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
Large language models are reflections of the people who program them.
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Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram
Kanye’s Nazi song has been chased off of most mainstream platforms, but it’s all over Instagram.
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900 People Are Collectively Driving an 'Internet Roadtrip' on Google Street View
The new site is a cozy and chaotic successor to 'Twitch plays Pokémon.
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'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.
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The AI Slop Presidency
AI-generated outrage bait is the perfect artistic medium for a president who rules by trying to overwhelm the system.
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Man Who Hacked Disney With Malicious AI Tool Pleads Guilty
A hacker who tricked people into downloading malware using AI image generation tools plead guilty to two felony counts.