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The Daily Dot

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

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Comedy podcast forced to take down ‘AI’ George Carlin special

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

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‘Just sad what digital does to people’: Woman calls out teens creating AI boyfriends

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Is this woman AI generated or not? The internet isn’t sure

Allyson Waller is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has written for other publications such as the New York Times and the Miami Herald. Outside of the journalism world, some of her joys include delving into book recommendations from TikTok, listening to pop culture podcasts, and playing with her dog, Theo.

Allyson Waller

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‘My anxiety loves you right now’: Man gets AI clone to do job interview for him

Braden Bjella is a culture writer. His work can be found in Mixmag, Electronic Beats, Schon! magazine, and more.

Braden Bjella

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‘This is not because of A.I.’: Yes, the internet is getting weirder. Here’s why

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‘You’ve got about 6 weeks’: Expert says A.I. hype is already over

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Woman says AI stole her likeness to create an ad for pills

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‘We’re living a Black Mirror episode’: Woman says company used AI to steal her likeness to create a deepfake ad

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‘We take one image’: A.I. is changing how you shop online

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

Mikael Thalen

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‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’: OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s old emails after he sues

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Waymo autonomous taxi gets trapped in a parking lot—drives in circles until employee comes to the rescue

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‘I can unleash my army of cyborgs’: Microsoft’s AI goaded into declaring itself God, demands fealty from users

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OpenAI claims New York Times brute force ‘hacked’ ChatGPT to create basis for massive copyright suit

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An ‘immersive’ Willy Wonka kids experience left parents fuming—claiming its misleading ads were the work of AI

Elon Musk mad after Google's AI chooses nuclear apocalypse over misgendering

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Elon Musk freaks over Google AI’s ‘woke’ refusal to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to avert nuclear war—doesn’t realize his own bot Grok does the same

Right-wing commentator 'Catturd' threatens Google with lawsuit after AI allegedly says he's a danger to children

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‘They’ve crossed the line’: Catturd threatens to sue Google after saying new Gemini AI claims he’s a danger to children