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RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum
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RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum

Realfood.gov will happily give you the worst possible advice.
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
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Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
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Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue

‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
Silicon Valley’s Favorite New AI Agent Has Serious Security Flaws
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Silicon Valley’s Favorite New AI Agent Has Serious Security Flaws

The AI agent once called ClawdBot is enchanting tech elites, but its security vulnerabilities highlight systemic problems with AI.
Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations
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Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations

Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.
Amid Backlash, Massive Porn Platform ManyVids Doubles Down on Bizarre, AI-Generated Posts
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Amid Backlash, Massive Porn Platform ManyVids Doubles Down on Bizarre, AI-Generated Posts

In posts to the platforms news feed, ManyVids — and seemingly, its founder Bella French — wrote that the answer could be a three hour long conversation with podcasters like Joe Rogan or Lex Fridman. 
Two Heads, Three Boobs: The AI Babe Meta Is Getting Surreal
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Two Heads, Three Boobs: The AI Babe Meta Is Getting Surreal

The algorithm is driving AI-generated influencers to increasingly weird niches.
I Replaced My Friends With AI Because They Won't Play Tarkov With Me
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I Replaced My Friends With AI Because They Won't Play Tarkov With Me

What began as a joke got a little too real. So I shut it down for good.
How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann)
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How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann)

The Wikimedia Foundation’s chief technology and product officer explains how she helps manage one of the most visited sites in the world in the age of generative AI.
Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
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Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals

Fake images of LeBron James, iShowSpeed, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and even Nicolás Maduro show them in bed with AI-generated influencers.
'Shame Thrives in Seclusion:' How AI Porn Chatbots Isolate Us All
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'Shame Thrives in Seclusion:' How AI Porn Chatbots Isolate Us All

"Sex is human, sex is animal, sex is social," porn historian Noelle Perdue writes in her analysis of AI-powered erotic chatbots.
Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere
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Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere

With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their consent, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.