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Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
There was nothing in Drew Ortiz's author biography at Sports Illustrated to suggest that he was anything other than human. "Drew has spent much of his life outdoors, and is excited to guide you through...
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The Cybertruck Stands Up Like a Camel When You Turn It On
All Rise A newly-shared video showcases the soon-to-be-released Tesla Cybertruck's bombastic "wake up" sequence, in which the much-anticipated electric vehicle stands up to face another day on the...
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Sports Illustrated Union Says It’s “Horrified” by Publication of AI-Generated...
Yesterday, we reported that Sports Illustrated — the esteemed magazine once considered the standard for sports journalism — has been churning out content under the bylines of fake authors with...
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Top Execs at Sports Illustrated's Publisher Fired After AI Debacle
Sports Illustrated publisher The Arena Group has fired two senior executives, COO Andrew Kraft and President Rob Barrett, following its recent AI fiasco. The dismissals were confirmed by a...
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Sports Illustrated Publisher Fires CEO After AI Scandal
Late last month, we reported that venerable magazine Sports Illustrated had been publishing commerce articles bylined by nonexistent writers with AI-generated profile pictures. The revelation sparked a...
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80 Percent of Americans Think Presenting AI Content as Human-Made Should Be...
In fascinating research, new polling from the research and advocacy nonprofit AI Policy Institute (AIPI) found that 80 percent of Americans think presenting AI content as human-made should be illegal....
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Scientists Say Stimulating Part of Brain Makes Subjects Easier to Hypnotize
Scientists at Stanford University have discovered how to use magnetic pulses to more easily induce hypnosis, a fascinating study published in the journal Nature Mental Health claims. To be clear, the...
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Duolingo Fires Translators in Favor of AI
Et Tu, Duo? The popular language-learning app Duolingo cut 10 percent of its contracted translators last month amid a push to integrate generative AI into its services, multiple outlets have reported....
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Satellites Show the East Coast Is Sinking
Sinking Feeling Carefully mapped satellite imagery shows that America's East Coast — particularly its major population centers — is sinking at an eerily rapid pace, according to a new study conducted...
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Scientists Train AI to Be Evil, Find They Can't Reverse It
Bad AIpple How hard would it be to train an AI model to be secretly evil? As it turns out, according to AI researchers, not very — and attempting to reroute a bad apple AI's more sinister proclivities...
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CNET’s Publisher Having Trouble Selling It Due to AI Scandal
CNET parent company Red Ventures has been looking to sell off the stalwart technology site, according to a new report from Axios. But unfortunately for Red Ventures, it's had a tough time finding a...
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Sports Illustrated Publisher Laying Off Staff After AI Scandal
The union of Sports Illustrated says that the legendary magazine's publisher, The Arena Group, is laying off many or perhaps all its staff following a failed payment to the brand's licensor — leaving...
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Huge Proportion of Internet Is AI-Generated Slime, Researchers Find
Garbage Pail Kids The internet's steady fall into the AI-garbled dumpster continues. As Vice reports, a recent study conducted by researchers at the Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI Lab found that a...
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AI Customer Service Bot Disabled After Trashing Company Using It
Customer Disservice The UK-based package delivery service DPD has disabled parts of its AI chatbot service after the bot was caught swearing at customers and even insulting DPD, multiple outlets have...
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Please Don’t Take This “Gas Station Heroin” Even Though It's Technically Legal
Seriously, folks: please don't take "gas station heroin." As Axios reports, a bipartisan group of lawmakers including TikTok star Jeff Jackson and local theater patron Lauren Boebert has signed a...
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BMW Putting Humanoid Robots to Work in Its Factory
Figure01 Remember before generative AI began threatening white-collar jobs, when worries that humanoid robots would replace physical human labor abounded? Well, our corporate overlords are here to...
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Scientists Gene-Hack Bacteria to Turn Waste Plastic Into Kevlar-Like Spider Silk
Upcycling Goals Now that's how you upcycle. In a recent study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were able to gene-hack a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a...
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Chameleon Bursts Into Pulsating Color Just Before Dying
Diva Down What a way to go. A new PBS documentary titled "Big Little Journeys" captured the final moments of a rare Madagascan chameleon as she broke into a vibrant, pulsating display of color just...
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Twitter's Idiotic Response to AI Porn: Block All Searches for “Taylor Swift”
Whack-a-Mole Leave it to X-formerly-Twitter to find the dumbest possible solution to a serious problem. Last week, outrage rightfully broke out across the web when horrific AI-generated pornography of...
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Stanley Cups Only Expose Drinkers to Lead If Damaged, Company Says
Last week, Stanley — the company behind those massive, candy-colored, and inexplicably viral "Quencher" cups that recently spawned a whiplash TikTok fervor when buyers discovered that the beverage...
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