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Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

Left: Screenshot from @dytzz88's Tiktok of an AI image of a skeleton with a Phone head holding a phone. Right: Screenshot from @frepyyyyy's Tiktok of an AI image of a crying burrito praying on a phone. Caption: Comment from @frepyyyyy "BROOOOOOOOOOOOO HOTSPOTTTTTTTTTT #fypage #hotspot #foryou #meme #funny".

Memes

What is the Hotspot Bro meme? TikTok roasts the friend who always drains your Wi-Fi

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

A tweet from Collin Rugg against a background of the Egyptian pyramids.

Culture

The underground city under the Giza Pyramids isn’t real—but AI makes it easy to believe

Photo composite of a tweet from X user @dandouglas that reads "one of the most celebrated artists of all time who painted dozens of self-portraits and the top image is AI-generated lol" over an AI image of Vincent Van Gogh with a pixelated version of the painting Almond Blossoms by Vincent Van Gogh.

The top search image result for Van Gogh is AI-generated. It’s stirring a cultural backlash

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Elon Musk with photo of Grok output that reads: "Question: Who is the biggest disinformation spreader on X? Keep it short, one name only. Answer: Elon Musk"

‘Really is the best AI’: Left-wingers warm up to Grok as it shares brutal anti-Trump, Musk replies

Laiken Neumann is a former Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

Photo illustration of a laptop on a desk with an ominous robot army on the laptop screen.

‘There’s so many ways this could go wrong’: Should you be scared of AI? Experts say absolutely

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

Photo composite of Sam Altman with a tweet from @katienotopoulos that reads "Impressive. Humans typically require at least two bad situationships and an insufferable habit picked up on a semester abroad to produce such awful drivel"; Background: Pixelated ChatGpt Text

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks this short story by company’s new model is ‘so right,’ but everyone else thinks he’s so wrong

Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

Left: Screenshot of @xiaoxin3711 in Y3k-styled outfit; Center: Screenshot of @rowisingh applying makeup with the caption: "very demure Y3K makeup"; Right: Screenshot of @pitayaq in a Y3k-styled outfit. Background: A futuristic dystopian city.

Y3K fashion is rising—here’s why Gen Z is dressing like the world is ending

Spongebob and patrick flipping burgers with text "subaru was always on some bs mf took spongebobs job"(l), Pagani just trying to do his J*b and subaru just be geeking"(r)

How a 4-year-old SpongeBob Wiki comment spawned the ‘I call Patrick Subaru’ brainrot meme

woman shares information at SXSW(l) ULTA beauty logo(c) Presentation at SXSW(r)

‘Tried this at Ulta’: AI is influencing how you shop. Here’s what it means for you

2 panel image showing screen grabs from TikTok posts.

AI-generated ‘doctors’ are scamming TikTok with fake credentials and bad advice

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

Hand holding iphone smartphone with Instagram logo(l) Woman shares instagram date(r)

‘I was in shock’: Woman goes on first date with man she’s been Instagram friends with for a while. Then he puts a book on the table

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

Gruesome POV TikToks of horrific tragedies are the latest get-rich-quick AI scheme

Image of actor Robert Downey Jr. in the Iron Man movies.

JARVIS, explain JARVIS memes to me

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

finneas billie eilish ai slop video no tweet social

Finneas calls out TikToker for AI slop video of Billie Eilish: ‘You killed a forest for this’

A tweet from X user @LinusEkenstam that reads: "Grok needs a lot of red teaming, or it needs to be temporary turned off. It’s an international security concern." over a photo illustration of a pixelated hacker.

AI