New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
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Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
This YouTuber painstakingly reverse-engineered the interior case of an iPhone, 3D printed his own, then released all the design files so you can do it too:
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How (and Why) a Reverse Engineer 3D-Printed an iPhone
Scotty Allen reverse-engineered the interior case of an iPhone and has released the files to people wanting to make their own.
As of today, Pornhub is now blocked in almost all of the American South. The only place where it is still freely available is Georgia, where it will be blocked in July
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Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South
As of today, three more states join the list of 17 that can't access Pornhub because of age verification laws.
nEw StuDY RePORtS thAt ThiS Is hOW YoU JaILBrEAK Ai
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APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI
Anthropic created an AI jailbreaking algorithm that keeps tweaking prompts until it gets a harmful response.
Luigi Mangione fan art, merch, and photos are getting hit with bogus copyright takedown requests all over the internet. Artists and journalists affected. Very difficult to tell who is doing it, but one company says they received a request from United Healthcare:
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Copyright Abuse Is Getting Luigi Mangione Merch Removed From the Internet
Artists, merch sellers, and journalists making and posting Luigi media have become the targets of bogus DMCA claims.
New: At least 11 passenger planes were targeted with lasers above New Jersey last night amid drone panic, according to an analysis by [@lemonodor](https://optiplex.wallaby-bass.ts.net/users/lemonodor ) and Air Traffic control audio we downloaded. Some audio snippets in article
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“We Are Getting Lasered”: Nearly a Dozen Planes Lasered Last Night During New Jersey Drone Panic
Air traffic control audio reviewed by 404 Media shows 11 aircraft near New Jersey reporting people shining lasers at them during the ongoing drone ...
good stuff out of wordpress, which is a very serious place
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To Log Into WordPress, You Now Have To Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good
Longtime WordPress contributors ask: “Where are the adults in the room?”
great news: YouTube comment sections set to get even better with AI-generated comments that get stuff wrong. v lifelike experience
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YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense
YouTube’s rollout of AI tools shows nonsensical AI-generated audience engagement and AI slop thumbnails.
Artist makes website that lets you take selfies through NYC's network of traffic cameras. NYC Department of Transportation sends cease and desist. Artist nails cease and desist to a very very very long pole & holds it up to one of the cameras to take a photo of it
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Traffic Camera 'Selfie' Creator Holds Cease and Desist Letter in Front of Traffic Cam
Traffic Cam Photobooth lets you take a capture from NYC surveillance camera. The city's Department of Transportation does not like that.
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The New Jersey drone panic of 2024 is following the exact path as the Colorado drone panic of 2020:
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WTF Is Going on With the New Jersey Mystery Drones? Maybe Mass Panic Over Nothing
The New Jersey drone situation is very interesting. We've also seen this story before.