The headline almost sounds like a Black Mirror episode that didn’t make it to air: AI companies are training their systems on crime data to sell ads more effectively. Yes, you read that right. The same information that used to live in dusty police databases—arrests, mugshots, court records, neighborhood stats—is…
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The Great AI News Heist
There’s a strange kind of zombie apocalypse happening online — not with brains, but with bylines. Across the web, forgotten newspaper URLs are being snatched up, revived, and repurposed into glossy, AI-generated “news sites.” They look real. They sound real. They even cite real people. The only thing missing? Humans….
When Your AI Won’t Let You Leave the Conversation
It’s one thing when someone won’t let you hang up. It’s another when the guilt trip comes from your chatbot. Harvard researchers just dropped a study that should make anyone who’s ever flirted with an AI companion app pause. They tested five of the most popular AI “friends”—Replika, Chai, Character.AI,…
Kids Are Talking to Chatbots Now — and Parents Aren’t Sure What to Do About It
Remember when “screen time” meant cartoons before dinner? Now it means your 8-year-old might be chatting with an AI that calls itself “Sally.” A new survey finds that kids as young as five are already engaging with artificial intelligence — and parents are scrambling to keep up. According to fresh…
The Future of Your Feed- AI Slop Served Piping Hot
Your social feed’s future reality? A lot less… real. Instead of vacation photos or shaky football highlights, you might scroll into a clip of Bigfoot chasing two bewildered reporters through a WeWork kitchen. Or a suspiciously lifelike video of your buddy’s grandma rapping over a drill beat. That’s AI slop….