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This Game Created by AI 'Vibe Coding' Makes $50,000 a Month. Yours Probably Won’t
fly.pieter.com was initially made in just 30 minutes with AI tools and is now generating thousands of dollars a month. The future of AI-assisted game development will not be that simple.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Stunt Blogging and the 'Fuck It' Paradigm
This week, we discuss stunt blogging, Signal pains, and murderous Reels.
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Alibaba Releases Advanced Open Video Model, Immediately Becomes AI Porn Machine
It took about 24 hours for Alibaba’s Wan 2.1 to become popular in the AI porn community.
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'The Bigotry Is Astounding:' Engineers Waste Time and Money Scanning .Gov Sites for 'Transgender' and Other Terms
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is wasting workers’ time and taxpayer dollars.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Chatbots as Gospel, Books and Birds
This week, we discuss the new Murderbot show, ChatGPT for journalism, and birdwatching from afar.
Impact
Public Library Ebook Service to Cull AI Slop After 404 Media Investigation
Hoopla has emailed librarians saying it’s removing AI-generated books from the platform people use to borrow ebooks from public libraries.
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Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore
FDA and HHS sites now note that “The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children.”
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AI Slop of Musk and Trump on TikTok Racks Up 700 Million Views
Motivational videos on TikTok using AI-generated voices of Trump, Musk, and other celebrities are racking up millions of views.
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Senator Pushes Zuckerberg on "Perverse Abuse" of Nudify Ads After 404 Media Report
Senator Dick Durbin presses Meta to explain why it can’t stop sending traffic to nonconsensual AI image generators that violate its policy.
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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
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‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government
404 Media has obtained audio of a meeting held by Thomas Shedd, a Musk-associate who is now heading a team of government coders. In the call one employee pushed back and said one of the planned moves is an “illegal task.”
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AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.