Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault is a writer covering weird tech, nuclear war, and video games. He’s worked for Reuters, Motherboard, and the New York Times.
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Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies
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Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies

Moderators reversed course on its open door AI policy after fans filled the subreddit with AI-generated Dale Cooper slop.
Steam Hosted Malware Game that Stole $32,000 from a Cancer Patient Live on Stream
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Steam Hosted Malware Game that Stole $32,000 from a Cancer Patient Live on Stream

Scammers stole the crypto from a Latvian streamer battling cancer and the wider security community rallied to make him whole.
Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’
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Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’

Academic workers are re-thinking how they live and work online after some have been fired for criticizing Charlie Kirk following his death.
Russian State TV Launches AI-Generated News Satire Show
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Russian State TV Launches AI-Generated News Satire Show

An AI-generated show on Russian TV includes Trump singing obnoxious songs and talking about golden toilets.
AI-Powered Animal Crossing Villagers Begin Organizing Against Tom Nook
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AI-Powered Animal Crossing Villagers Begin Organizing Against Tom Nook

An LLM breathed new life into 'Animal Crossing' and made the villagers rise up against their landlord.
Does Silksong Seem Unreasonably Hard? You Probably Took a Wrong Turn
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Does Silksong Seem Unreasonably Hard? You Probably Took a Wrong Turn

Harsh lessons from 'Dark Souls' told me to turn my ass around when I got to the red flower jumping puzzle.
AI Darwin Awards Show AI’s Biggest Problem Is Human
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AI Darwin Awards Show AI’s Biggest Problem Is Human

The AI Darwin Awards is a list of some of the worst tech failures of the year and it’s only going to get bigger.
Google AI Falsely Says YouTuber Visited Israel, Forcing Him to Deal With Backlash
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Google AI Falsely Says YouTuber Visited Israel, Forcing Him to Deal With Backlash

YouTuber Benn Jordan has never been to Israel, but Google's AI summary said he'd visited and made a video about it. Then the backlash started.
Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists' Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn't Pay Up
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Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists' Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn't Pay Up

Artists&Clients, a website for connecting artists with gigs, is down after a group called LunaLock threatened to feed their data to AI datasets.
Trump Take LEGO
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Trump Take LEGO

The popular Pick a Brick service let LEGO fanatics get the exact piece they wanted. It’s no longer available to US customers.
Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner
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Imgur's Community Is In Full Revolt Against Its Owner

The front page of the image hosting website is full of John Oliver giving the owner the middle finger.
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
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4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law

The notorious troll sites filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court as part of a fight over the UK's Online Safety Act.