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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.

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“Worldcoin founder says”: Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, is starting to buy into dead internet theory

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Mark Zuckerberg’s live AI demo of Meta’s smart glasses fails—twice—as crowd laughs

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.

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Left: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk at the Republican National Convention. Right: Standing ovation in a Texas megachurch in response to Charlie Kirk AI generated sermon.

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“Death is not the end”: AI-generated Charlie Kirk “sermon” gets standing ovation at Texas megachurch

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

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“This future looking like a nightmare”: OpenAI announces feature-length AI-generated film, “Critterz,” and nobody wants this

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Trump’s video about Charlie Kirk is being accused of using AI. A video editor explains what’s really going on

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“Quite worrying”: JK Rowling shares garbled “AI slop” video while lashing out at trans rights activist

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“People can’t convince me that those dolls aren’t AI”: Fans question if Lady Gaga and Tim Burton’s “Dead Dance” collaboration was made with generative AI assistance

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“Fallout” fans suspect alleged leaked Target merch may use AI-generated art

Left: Tweet reading "Mind you, Luigi Mangione doesn’t even have a trial date, he’s facing the death penalty, and corporations are already exploiting his AI image." Right: Shein ad featuring a possibly Ai-generated image of a model resembling Luigi Mangione

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“What stage of capitalism is this?”: Shein responds after ad featuring Luigi Mangione’s likeness goes viral—and gets clowned harder

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“I would never ask for money”: Woman duped by AI deepfake of “General Hospital” actor Steve Burton

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“Don’t need AI”: Green Day’s tour update on Instagram pokes fun at Will Smith’s controversial AI-generated tribute to his fans

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“A24 needs to check themselves before they wreck themselves”: Fans of indie film react to news that the studio is launching an AI division

Left: 2 positive pregnancy tests, caption overlay reads, "Mommy who was the first person to know you were pregnant?" Right: Tweet reading "We need to go back to landlines and dial-up internet until we sort this out i’m not kidding"

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“Not your parents? Not the father?”: Woman says ChatGPT was the first to know she’s pregnant

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“An abomination”: Will Smith shared a tour video thanking fans on YouTube, but the footage of the crowds looks AI-generated

Left: Girl pulling hair behind her air, caption overlay reads: "Me: 'I read 100 books a week' Them: 'no way...HOW?'" Right: Tweet reading: "What’s with this epidemic of people who obviously don’t enjoy reading trying to convince everyone (and themselves) that they Are a reader."

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“Congrats on making Fahrenheit 451 a reality!”: People are bragging about “reading” hundreds of books—but it’s just AI summaries