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Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

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Charlotte Colombo

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

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Does this picture prove Trump was "invited to the cookout?"

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People are being fooled by an AI image showing Trump at a barbeque

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Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

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Student issues warning to people who use Grammarly

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‘This is literally my biggest fear’: Student issues warning after false positive. She even deleted Grammarly

Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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Google’s new AI search tool keeps claiming dogs play professional sports 

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Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

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Wendy’s customer gives order to AI worker

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‘At least it’s polite and friendly. I’ll take it!’: Viewers split after Wendy’s customer gives order to AI worker

Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

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woman clicks 'Go to Target' on Tesla's 'summon' feature

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‘Miss a payment and watch it drive away from your home’: Viewers disturbed when woman clicks ‘Go to Target’ on Tesla’s ‘summon’ feature

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 scary’: Woman says Canva’s AI is ‘racist’ after asking for photos of kids in ankle monitors (updated)

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