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Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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Why Google’s new AI Gemini accused of refusing to acknowledge the existence of white people

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

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‘Reading this at 2am is scary’: ChatGPT went off the rails—and people are freaking out

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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Reddit inked a $60 million AI deal for its data—and users are plotting ways to troll it with bunk post

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Scientific journal roasted for anatomically incorrect, AI-generated image of rat’s reproductive organ

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

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‘This is extremely scary’: Woman says someone found images of her on Reddit. She never took them

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Unsurprisingly, TikTok’s AI Oil Painting filter is white-washing users

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‘Those assassins were serving’: Getting ChatGPT to describe traumatic world events in the voice of RuPaul is the gag

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After AI Biden robocall blows up, government immediately cracks down

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Midjourney wants people to flag inappropriate AI art—it’s banning researchers who do just that

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TikTok’s latest A.I. fail is a ‘If I Were Fitness’ filter

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TikTok appears to be automatically banning people with dwarfism because it thinks they’re underage

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

Katherine Huggins

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EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman only donated to two senators in 2023—both are shaping AI legislation on the Hill

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine, BUST Magazine, and more.

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Customer tries to order fries ‘well done’ through Carl’s Jr.’s AI drive-thru attendant ‘Tori.’ It doesn’t go to plan

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Why is this weird picture of colored lines crashing ChatGPT?

Steven Asarch is an internet culture reporter who lives on Twitch and YouTube. After graduating from Baruch College, he wrote for IBT Media, Newsweek and Insider. In 2021, he executive produced the docu-series &#8220;Onision in Real Life&#8221; on Discovery +.

Steven Asarch

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Fans are pushing back against AI-created marketing