AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations

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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...

AI

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...

AI

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...

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Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea?

new video loaded: Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea?On the “Hard Fork” podcast, the hosts Kevin Roose and Casey...

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People Are Using Sora 2 to Make Disturbing Videos With AI-Generated Kids

On October 7, a TikTok account named @fujitiva48 posed a provocative question alongside their latest video. “What are your thoughts on this new...

AI

The Blurred Truths of Sora

As a purely creative instrument, Sora, the new AI video app from OpenAI, is a game changer. Dream up any scenario and it...

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The AI Slur ‘Clanker’ Has Become a Cover for Racist TikTok Skits

In July, just after receiving an email pitch about the “perfect” AI girlfriend, content creator Harrison Stewart made a TikTok skit using the...

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OpenAI’s New Sora App Lets You Deepfake Yourself for Entertainment

On Tuesday, OpenAI released an AI video app called Sora. The platform is powered by OpenAI’s latest video generation model, Sora 2, and...

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Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries

Partly in an effort to avoid any future snafus with OpenAI, Grant plans to make The Architect available on Orion, his proprietary and...

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Watch Our Livestream Replay: Back to School in the Age of AI

Everyone has a stake in how tech is shaping education today. From the tech moguls and venture capitalists who are starting “microschools” and...

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Top US lawyers issue stern warning to tech giants on AI risks to children in candid open letter: ‘We’ve been down this road before…’

In an unprecedented show of unity, a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general from across the United States and its territories has issued...

AI

Truth Social’s New AI Chatbot Is Donald Trump’s Media Diet Incarnate

When I ask the new Truth Social AI chatbot about navigating bias in the media ecosystem, it gives what I view as pretty...

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