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Zombie Alt-Weeklies Are Stuffed With AI Slop About OnlyFans
Beloved alt-weeklies like the Village Voice have started publishing what appears to be AI-generated clickbait about OnlyFans. Learn about yo...
People Are Using Memecoins to Bet on the US Election
While a fight over betting on US elections plays out in court, the tech-savvy are gambling hundreds of millions of dollars on cryptocurrenci...
SearchGPT Is OpenAI's Direct Assault on Google
The company behind ChatGPT is expanding into search, and leaning heavily on its relationships with publishers. Learn about your ad choices:...
Cars Are Now Rolling Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates? Automakers Can’t Say
Phones are supported well beyond their average ownership lifetime. In stark contrast, automakers are struggling to work out how long their “...
How IT Departments Scrambled to Address the CrowdStrike Chaos
System administrators and their teams sprang into action last Friday and worked tirelessly to get their companies back online amid one of th...
Meta's New Llama 3.1 AI Model Is Free, Powerful, and Risky
The newest version of Llama will make AI more accessible and customizable, but it will also stir up debate around the potential pitfalls of...
The Global CrowdStrike Outage Triggered a Surprise Return to Cash
The event caused chaos at airports, grocery stores, and Starbucks outlets. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
OpenAI Slashes the Cost of Using Its AI With a “Mini” Model
With competing models—including many free ones—flooding the market, OpenAI is announcing a cheaper way to use its AI. Learn about your ad ch...
The AI-Powered Future of Coding Is Near
Tech companies—including OpenAI—are developing a new generation of AI assistants that can not only write code but debug, organize, and criti...
Elon Musk Says He's Moving X and SpaceX Headquarters to Texas
The tech mogul cited California’s new transgender rights law as “the final straw” for moving out of the state. Learn about your ad choices:...
Craig Wright Faces Perjury Investigation Over Claims He Created Bitcoin
By order of a UK judge, Craig Wright can no longer claim he is the creator of bitcoin and now faces the prospect of criminal charges. Learn...
At 25, Metafilter Feels Like a Time Capsule From Another Internet
After a quarter century the community-driven site hasn’t changed much. And don’t ask it to license its archive to AI. Learn about your ad ch...
The EU Is Coming for X's Paid Blue Checks
Elon Musk's paid blue-check system on X deceives users and can be abused by malicious actors, the European Union said today. Learn about you...
OpenAI Is Testing Its Powers of Persuasion
Sam Altman is touting AI’s ability to sway people's behavior. His company is also wrestling with the risks. Learn about your ad choices: dov...
AI Can’t Replace Teaching, but It Can Make It Better
Even techno-optimists hesitate to say teaching is best left to the bots, but there’s a debate about where to draw the line. Learn about your...
Google’s Nonconsensual Explicit Images Problem Is Getting Worse
Reports of intimate images and video posted online without consent are growing, and deepfakes add a horrifying new dimension to the problem....
AI-Powered Super Soldiers Are More Than Just a Pipe Dream
The US military has abandoned its half-century dream of a suit of powered armor in favor of a “hyper enabled operator,” a tactical AI assist...
US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine
As fears of a pandemic mount, the biotech company’s mRNA vaccine trial is set to release Phase 1/2 results later this year, with a larger Ph...