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I Infiltrated Moltbook, the AI-Only Social Network Where Humans Aren’t Allowed

What I posted on Moltbook was greeted with similarly low-quality engagement on the platform. My earnest pleas to the AI agents to forget...

X down for thousands of US users, Downdetector data finds

SynopsisThere were ​more than ​19,281 reports of ‌issues ‍with ‍the social media platform formerly ‌known as Twitter, as of 11:19 a.m. ET, according...

AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment

At first glance, the scuffle in the video seems shocking. A New York City school principal, waving a bat, stops masked ICE agents...

AI-Powered Disinformation Swarms Are Coming for Democracy

“We are moving into a new phase of informational warfare on social media platforms where technological advancements have made the classic bot approach...

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

Elon Musk’s X has introduced new restrictions stopping people from editing and generating images of real people in bikinis or other “revealing clothing.”...

Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris

Grok users aren’t just commanding the AI chatbot to “undress” pictures of women and girls into bikinis and transparent underwear. Among the vast...

People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good

In the hours after a masked federal agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, social media users have...

Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What’s on X

This story contains descriptions of explicit sexual content and sexual violence.Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has drawn outrage and calls for investigation after being...

Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream

Elon Musk hasn’t stopped Grok, the chatbot developed by his artificial intelligence company xAI, from generating sexualized images of women. After reports emerged...

AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations

Father Mike Schmitz, a Catholic priest and podcaster, addressed his congregation of more than 1.2 million YouTube subscribers in November with an unusual...

Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture

Within minutes of Donald Trump announcing in the early hours of Saturday morning that US troops had captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and...

Pinterest Users Are Tired of All the AI Slop

For five years, Caitlyn Jones has used Pinterest on a weekly basis to find recipes for her son. In September, Jones spotted a...