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AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Is Not a ‘Victimless Crime’
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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. 
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
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Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue

"You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness."
University Suspends Students for AI Homework Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make
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University Suspends Students for AI Homework Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make

Emory University gave students a $10,000 entrepreneurial prize for their AI startup, then suspended them and accused them of cheating when they built it.
FBI Arrests Man For Generating AI Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
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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 Chatbot Credited With Preventing Suicide. Should It Be?
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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.
AI Generated Hentai Is Viral All Over Facebook
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AI Generated Hentai Is Viral All Over Facebook

While reporting this story, a 404 Media article *about* AI-generated porn was deleted by Facebook.
OpenAI’s GPT-4o Isn’t ‘Her,’ It’s ‘Metropolis’
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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.
Met Gala AI Images of Katy Perry and Rihanna Show Relentless Spread of AI Junk
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Met Gala AI Images of Katy Perry and Rihanna Show Relentless Spread of AI Junk

AI-generated images of Katy Perry and Rihanna show them in beautiful gowns at the Gala, which they both did not attend.
Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet
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Facebook’s AI Spam Isn’t the ‘Dead Internet’: It’s the Zombie Internet

Facebook is the zombie internet, where a mix of bots, humans, and accounts that were once humans but aren’t anymore interact to form a disastrous website where there is little social connection at all.
Flood of AI-Generated Submissions ‘Final Straw’ for Small 22-Year-Old Publisher
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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.
National Archives Bans Employee Use of ChatGPT
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National Archives Bans Employee Use of ChatGPT

The agency tasked with preserving the historical record is banning ChatGPT, citing the possibility that the tool would leak internal information.
Do You Like These AI Images of Dying, Mutilated Children? Facebook Algorithm Wonders
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Do You Like These AI Images of Dying, Mutilated Children? Facebook Algorithm Wonders

Facebook's recommendation engine, which is core to the company's business model, is injecting grotesque images of AI-generated child gore into people's feeds.