OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars
From Dildo Ads to Furry CEOs Alex Mahadevan / Poynter : My journey into the artificial world of Sora 2 X: Paul Yacoubian / @paulyacoubian : Just found out if you try to delete your Sora app account yo...
Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to memorialize the dead, as critics worry about AI coarsening how people remember one another
I have been writing here about AI-induced enshittification … Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends : The hottest new ChatGPT trend is disturbingly morbid Bluesky: Alexios Mantzarlis / @mantzarlis.com : Updat...
Omegle, a service founded in 2009 for chatting with strangers, shuts down; founder Leif K-Brooks blames rising misuse, including in committing “heinous crimes”
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Katie Notopoulos / Insider : Omegle was a relic of the old internet. I'm not sad it's gone. Leo...
While there are effective laws outlawing the sharing of nonconsensual deepfake porn in some states, such as Virginia and California, the US needs a federal law
I wasn't surprised, but I *am* frustrated with policymakers … Bluesky: Amanda Marcotte / @amandamarcotte.bsky.social : This shows why the hysteria over AI is focused on the wrong issues. The fear is ...
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”
Elon already took away the blue check from some publications like the The New York Times … Caroline Giegerich : The Twitter check shakedown has begun. Twitter has officially begun removing blue check...
Twitter bans Wired's Dell Cameron for covering that anti-trans activist Matt Walsh's account was hacked; Wired denies breaking Twitter's hacked materials policy
lob insults at Ben Shapiro CT Jones / Rolling Stone : He Reported on a Twitter Hack. Musk's Free Speech Haven Kicked Him Out Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast : Journalist Banned From Twitter After Re...
Sex educators, adult stars, and sex workers complain about Instagram, saying Meta's moderation has gotten more punitive and less predictable since SESTA-FOSTA
Cherie DeVille lives in perpetual fear of losing her 3.7 million Instagram followers. — DeVille is a well-known porn star who also has an OnlyFans account. Tweets: @ashleylatke , @ashleylatke , @kat...
A look at growing online meth communities on Zoom, Reddit, and others as they attract little attention from content moderators, worsening the addiction problem
Benjamin Goggin / NBC News : Tweets: @denisechow , @kattenbarge , @nbcnewspr , and @nicolechilders Tweets: Denise Chow / @denisechow : “There is no meth without Zoom, and there is no Zoom without met...
A look at growing online meth communities on Zoom, Reddit, and others as they attract little attention from content moderators, worsening the addiction problem
In December, Paul went home for the holidays. Like many people, he hadn't seen his family for almost a year. Tweets: @denisechow , @nicolechilders , @kattenbarge , @nbcnewspr , @benjamingoggin , @kev...
YouTube says it has temporarily demonetized James Charles' channel, which has 25.5M+ subscribers, after 15+ sexual misconduct accusations from men and boys
the misconduct is a result of the click culture and the unhealthy, unregulated nature of young online fame Molly / @molls : @kattenbarge IDK what the solution is, but they started this with Logan or P...