AI
AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Is Not a ‘Victimless Crime’
The ability to produce infinite images powered by datasets containing millions of photographs of real people, including children, and real images of real CSAM, perpetuates abuse in a way that was previously impossible.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Puzzle Pieces and Paying for Labor
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss how people find our articles, Nutella as thermal paste, and putting together the puzzle pieces.
AI
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
He allegedly used Stable Diffusion, a text-to-image generative AI model, to create “thousands of realistic images of prepubescent minors,” prosecutors said.
AI
AI Chatbot Credited With Preventing Suicide. Should It Be?
A recent Stanford study found that some people credit Replika for saving their lives. But chatbots can be unpredictable, and users have also blamed the chatbot app for throwing them into mental crises.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Screwed-Up Telecoms and Tech Sermons
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss screwed-up telecom systems, tech exec sermons, and TikTok trends.
Revolutionary New Google Feature Hidden Under 'More' Tab Shows Links to Web Pages
If you're looking for search results from the search engine, you'll need to navigate to a new filter and bypass all the AI-generated junk.
OpenAI
OpenAI’s GPT-4o Isn’t ‘Her,’ It’s ‘Metropolis’
With OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4 Omni, all anyone can talk about is how AI girlfriends are going to end the world. But they've been seen as a harbinger of chaos for a long, long time.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Killing Stories and Copyright Hypocrisy
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss killing stories, CEO saying wild things, how the OpenAI copyright story came together, and tech-powered shortcuts out of discomfort.
google maps
'Kendrick's Pool:' People Are Tagging Drake's House With Insults on Google Maps
The Drake versus Kendrick beef enters the Google Maps arena.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Learning to Code and How the Merch Gets Made
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss learning to code, merch, and gaming journalism.
utah
An Open Database Leaked Submissions to Utah’s Transphobic ‘Bathroom Bill’ Snitch Form
House Bill 257, "Sex-Based Designations for Privacy, Anti-Bullying, and Women’s Opportunities," requires the state to investigate reports of people and institutions violating the "bathroom bill" law, but they left the submissions database wide open.
AI
Flood of AI-Generated Submissions ‘Final Straw’ for Small 22-Year-Old Publisher
“The problem with AI is the people who use AI. They don't respect the written word,” the founder of Bards and Sages said.