Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk πŸ”—
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Comcast Executives Warn Workers To Not Say The Wrong Thing About Charlie Kirk
An email sent to NBCUniversal employees, including journalists at NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and more, eulogizes Charlie Kirk as an "advocate for open...
As we predicted, the end of de minimis has made every hobby that requires the purchase of items more expensive. "There is no upside." πŸ”—
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β€˜It's Just a Mess:' 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby
"The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no up...
An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to AI companies so it’ll be added to LLM datasets. πŸ”—
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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.
People are flooding YouTube with AI Generated slop history videos that drown out human creators. πŸ”—
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AI Generated 'Boring History' Videos Are Flooding YouTube and Drowning Out Real History
"These AI videos are just repeating things that are on the internet, so you end up with a very simplified version of the past."
Scientists have long been puzzled by the sturdy glaciers of the mountains of central Asia, which have inexplicably remained intact even as other glaciers around the world rapidly recede due to human-driven climate change. πŸ”—
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They Were Some of Earth’s Last Stable Glaciers. Now, They’re Melting.
Glaciers in Central Asia have remained intact even as other parts of the world have seen rapid glacial loss. A new study shows that may be changing.
A listing on ultra-fast-fashion e-commerce site Shein used an AI-generated image of Luigi Mangione to sell a floral button-down t-shirt. πŸ”—
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Shein Used Luigi Mangione’s AI-Generated Face to Sell a Shirt
United Healthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione is not, in fact, modeling floral button-downs for Shein.
Imgur users are in a full on revolt against the website, using John Oliver giving the finger and boobs in their protest of the site’s owners, an AI company. πŸ”—
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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.
Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter to 11 AI companies on Monday, warning them that they will β€œanswer for it” if they knowingly harm children and urging the companies to see their products β€œthrough the eyes of a parent, not a predator.” πŸ”—
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Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will β€˜Answer For It’ If You Harm Children
Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developing AI chatbots: "If you knowingly harm kids, you will a...
The latest bleak new AI slop niche are β€œnostalgia” videos about how good the 1980s and 1990s were. A procession of young people with feathered hair wonder at how terrible 2025 is and tell the viewer they should come back to the 1980s, where things are better. πŸ”—
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80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed
AI makes it easier than ever to slip into the comforting glow of nostalgia.
4chan and Kiwi Farms Are Suing the UK Over its Age Verification Law πŸ”—
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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.