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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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Screenshots of former Disney star Calum Worthy's AI app, including a young man and a grandmother on a phone. Tweet text overlay reads ""a former Disney Channel star creating the most evil thing I’ve ever seen in my life wasn’t really what I was expecting."

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“Vile” and “disturbing”: Former Disney Channel star eviscerated over AI app that revives the dead

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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Anna Good

Left: Man's hand holding a cheeseburger cooked well. Right: Same photo of man holding cheeseburger, but inside has been edited to look raw and pink.

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“Food stamps ain’t coming next month”: AI is helping people fake “raw” meals for DoorDash refund scams

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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“Biggest middle finger to Coca-Cola”: Apple TV’s new intro was made entirely in-camera. Fans noticed

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

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“The way this could actually be our reality is terrifying”: Explaining “robophobia,” the theoretical robot insult from TikTok

Susan is a freelance writer following humanity one UGC at a time.

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Susan LaMarca

Man looking into camera, text overlay reads, "AI Psychosis Core."

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“I accused all my family of being Satanic”: Man goes public as an “AI psychosis survivor”

AI-Generated Coca-Cola trucks driving down a snowy road between pine trees decorated in lights. Tweet text overlay reads, "this is disgusting. you’re a multiBILLION dollar company. pay REAL animators. this is disgusting."

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“Soulless” and “creepy”: Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad is not landing

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“How are people falling for this?”: Internet debates AI singer Xania Monet making the Billboard chart

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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“Immediately using this”: What is a Slopper? The AI insult about people too obsessed with ChatGPT

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Neil deGrasse Tyson shows how AI can be used to mislead—even in science

Left: Blonde woman with long hair putting up blue and white wallpaper, text overlay reads, "Feeling so excited to put up cute wallpaper, until..." Right: Closeup of the wallpaper with digital errors, text overlay reads, "Realizing it's AI slop."

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“Don’t make this mistake”: Home decorator shocked to discover her new wallpaper is pure AI slop

Email screenshot from a Gen Z worker requesting time off. Email reads, ""Hello Sir, I recently had a breakup and haven't been able to focus on work," the email reads. "I need a short break. I'm working from home today, so I'd like to take a leave from the 28th to the 8th."

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“Gen Z doesn’t do filters”: Worker’s honest breakup leave request has bosses and boomers divided

Left: Will Smith I robot meme featuring Neo robot. Neo Robot face in upper half has text overlay reading, "I can write a beautiful symphony." Will Smith's lower half reaction face has text overlay reading, "Do the dishes." Right: Ben Affleck smoking meme with Neo robot head instead, tweet text caption overlay reads, "Day 2 of cleaning up after humans."

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NEO the $20K home robot sparks memes before it can even clean a room—22 of the best

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Proposed Ohio law would block AI from doing this one very human thing

Left: Student in glasses sobbing, wiping tears from her face. Text overlay reads, "AI is ruining my college experience, I guess I'll be meeting with the dean." Right: Word document time stamps.

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“Bro I spent hours…hours”: Student breaks down after professor flags her hard-written paper as AI

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Elon Musk just launched “Grokipedia.” Users say it’s a biased Wikipedia clone