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Steam Bends to Payment Processors on Porn Games
Steam, which has hosted sex games for years, says developers must now comply with the standards of payment processors and financial institutions.
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Hugging Face Is Hosting 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People
Users have reuploaded 5,000 models used to generate nonconsensual sexual content of real people to Hugging Face after they were banned from Civitai.
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a16z-Backed AI Site Civitai Is Mostly Porn, Despite Claiming Otherwise
Data shows that the vast majority of images on Civitai were pornographic, and that the site hosted more than 50,000 AI models designed to recreate the likeness of real people.
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Payment Processors Are Pushing AI Porn Off Its Biggest Platforms
Creators of AI image models for porn and celebrities are running out of easy hosting options as Civitai and Tensor.Art change their policies under pressure.
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Behind the Blog: In Our Lane
This week, we discuss choosing what to cover, fishing expeditions, and the library.
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The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
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Behind the Blog: Chatbot 'Addiction' and a Reading List
This week, we discuss wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film.
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‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.
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Behind the Blog: The Omnipresence Is the Point
This week, we discuss Deadheads and doxxing sites.
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The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel
There’s a lack of footage from the conflict and AI-generated content is filling the void.
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AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”