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Buzzy AI Startup for Generating 3D Models Used Cheap Human Labor
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Buzzy AI Startup for Generating 3D Models Used Cheap Human Labor

Kaedim's founder was recently in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the company's 2D to 3D image conversion. In some cases artists produced the work wholecloth, one source said.
Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair
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Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair

A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.
The Community Pushing AI-Generated Porn to ‘the Edge of Knowledge’
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The Community Pushing AI-Generated Porn to ‘the Edge of Knowledge’

A small group of AI porn hobbyists are generating grotesque images that defy physical reality, and baffle academics.
Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons
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Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons

The ads are a window into a blatantly illegal underground economy that Meta is not only failing to moderate, but is actively profiting from and injecting into users’ feeds.
Inside the AI Porn Marketplace Where Everything and Everyone Is for Sale
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Inside the AI Porn Marketplace Where Everything and Everyone Is for Sale

Generative AI tools have empowered amateurs and entrepreneurs to build mind-boggling amounts of non-consensual porn.
Why Are Sex Toy Vibration Patterns So Terrible?
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Why Are Sex Toy Vibration Patterns So Terrible?

The quest for answers about how vibrator modes are tested and designed.