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Pinterest has updated its privacy policy to reflect its use of platform user data and images to train AI tools. A new clause, published this week on the company’s website, outlines that…
Today’s links There Were Always Enshittifiers: My March, 2025 Locus Magazine column. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2015, 2020, 2024 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me.…
Today’s links They were warned: “We’ve had enough of experts.” Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4): Electronic needles, digital haystacks. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day…
Probe the Probe The family of Suchir Balaji, the 26-year-old OpenAI whistleblower who was found dead just a month after his New York Times exposé was published, is claiming that…
Wrap It Up Christmas queen Mariah Carey has released her latest yuletide dispatch — and it looks an awful lot like it was made with AI. As part of Spotify’s annual…
Tidal Wave Online fantasy and science fiction magazine Clarkesworld is drowning in an onslaught of AI-generated slop. And given the proliferation of cheap AI language models, the situation is certain…
15 Minutes Are you a lonely AI bro in need of a few friends, or at least some reply guys? Do you want to get a taste of what it…
Critical Error A trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming sci-fi epic “Megalopolis” was pulled by distributors after it was called out for featuring made-up quotes from famous film critics, Variety…
Imagine a treasure trove of sensitive data brimming with the phone records of nearly every AT&T customer. Now, picture that trove spilling wide open, its contents snatched up by hackers…
Today’s links The airlines were patient zero in the junk-fee plague: “Convenience fees” that aren’t convenient and “service fees” without any service. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This…