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Starting July 14, Reddit users in the UK are getting hit with a new barrier to browsing anything labeled NSFW: age verification. No, you can’t just click “I’m over 18”…
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Elon Musk’s hate speech-spewing AI chatbot Grok, which recently gave itself the nickname “MechaHitler,” didn’t exactly fit into the gender binary — but you have to admit that its edgelord persona had…
The law requiring TikTok to either sell its US operations or face a ban has officially been in place since January. Despite that, TikTok has only been shut down in…
Earlier this week, Instagram’s Threads app introduced one of its most requested features: DMs to let people send private messages to each other. But soon after, many users, especially women,…
Amid its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the paper of record will soon have access to all of OpenAI’s user archives — including the stuff that was deleted. As Ars…
Among the strangest twists in the rise of AI has been growing evidence that it’s negatively impacting the mental health of users, with some even developing severe delusions after becoming…
As of April, according to an analysis by the Harvard Business Review, the number one use of AI chatbots is now therapy. The more we learn about what that looks like…
People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study…
Is Mattel endangering your kid’s development by shoving AI into its toys? The multi-billion dollar toymaker, best known for its brands Barbie and Hot Wheels, announced that it had signed…
Huge numbers of people are either already using chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude as therapists, or turning to commercial AI therapy platforms for help during dark moments. But is the tech ready for…