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A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat

In an Instagram video posted on April 1, lifestyle influencer Melissa Strahle poses outdoors before an American flag as soft instrumental music plays....

Social media platforms need to stop never-ending scrolling, UK’s Starmer says

Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending videos, British...

AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy

“It’s soft propaganda,” says Mandii B, cohost of the sex and lifestyle podcast Decisions, Decisions. The videos, and the rhetoric they spew, are...

There’s Something Very Dark About a Lot of Those Viral AI Fruit Videos

“I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the comment sections on these videos actually, and it does not seem like bots. I...

How China built a chip industry, and why it’s still not enough

At a conference at Tsinghua University in Beijing in January, a group of the most influential executives and founders working in artificial intelligence...

Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown

Messaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally, including facial recognition, joining a wave of social...

‘Uncanny Valley’: Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype

Brian Barrett: And also the kind of thing that people readily click through and don't realize is happening, right? TikTok also now tracking...

Meta, TikTok, YouTube to stand trial on youth addiction claims

Meta Platforms, TikTok and ‍YouTube will face courtroom scrutiny this week over allegations that their platforms are fueling a youth mental health crisis,...

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...

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...

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...

Will Arattai be India’s answer to WhatsApp?

India’s swadeshi rival to WhatsApp Arattai added two million new users on the last day of September. While the numbers are impressive, there...