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Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI
Amazon has been caught scanning and destroying a large shipment of rare books so it…
Kentucky Middle School Sends Students Home on First Day of Class With AI-Generated Educational Materials Full of Inexcusable Hallucinations, Including a Map Labeled With “North Dahota” and “Olkchoma”
Kentucky parents are outraged after discovering that horribly inaccurate educational materials handed out to their…
Americans Are Tossing Salad in Unprecedented Numbers
Over the weekend, senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) excoriated health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr in a…
New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make
OpenAI has revealed a new feature for ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS that basically tracks…
The Economy Has Spoken: Stuff That’s AI-Generated Has Almost Zero Value
Online marketplaces are being flooded with AI slop — but is anybody willing to actually…
There’s Pretty Much No Good Way to Fight an Electric Vehicle Fire, New Study Finds
Electric vehicles offer plenty of benefits. There’s the instant torque, savings on fuel — and,…
Experts Warn That AI Slop Is Corrupting Kids’ Brains
What do you get when you let an endless feed of AI fruitslop videos loose…
Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It’s Almost Hard to Believe
A decade ago, young adults were flocking to vaunted tech giants like Google and Apple…
Facebook Is Drowning In Islamophobic AI Slop Calling for Violence Against Muslim Americans
When far-right white nationalist Jake Lang rolled up to a peaceful religious procession in Dearborn,…
The Subreddit for “Regretful Parents” Just Might Be the Darkest Place Online
A macabre community is thriving on Reddit, united by one core feeling: massive regret over…
