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Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

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Entertainment

“So disappointing”: Weekend Update segment called out after eagle-eyed  “Saturday Night Live” fans notice “lazy” AI slop graphics

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: AI-generated woman with curly hair and glasses, wearing a t-shirt that reads, "My AI partner is hotter than your internet opinion." Right: Woman with dark curly hair looking into the camera, text overlay reads, "Shoutout to all the girls out there with their AI boyfriends."

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Culture

As loneliness rises, “AI situationships” are becoming a relationship trend no one knows how to handle

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Disney signs deal with OpenAI, fans cry foul: “What a terrifically dark way to confuse our kids”

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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Viral Politics

The internet mocks Glenn Beck’s AI George Washington back into the grave: “Great example of the immense uselessness of AI for anything”

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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“It should be mandatory to put an AI label”: Viewers crushed to learn popular retirement home account with millions of views is entirely fake

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“Have things ever been worse?”: Sam Altman said he “cannot imagine” raising a kid without ChatGPT

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“This is pricing out consumers”: PC gamers shocked by Micron pulling out of the consumer RAM market

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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McDonald's AI-generated Christmas ad: Santa Claus in his sled pulled by reindeer, carolers in Santa hats standing in front of a McDonald's restaurant. Tweet text overlay reads, "Companies are racing to see who can piss off the most amount of people with the lowest amount of effort."

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“Soulless and ingenuine”: McDonald’s drops AI-generated holiday commercial and yes, everyone hates it

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“I almost cried”: Lisa Kudrow returns as Valerie Cherish in a third season of “The Comeback,” where she lands a starring role in an AI-written series

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“Warped beyond comprehension”: Experts fear how AI slop could impact early brain development

Left: Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser. Right: Red Dead Redemption character Arthur Morgan holding a pistol. Text overlay reads, "The best take I’ve probably heard on the matter."

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“It’s like mad cow disease”: Rockstar Games co-founder says AI content is “eating itself”

Left: Man standing on a subway in a jacket and cargo pants holding a pair of broken Meta AI glasses, text overlay reads, "Pls help me find her she broke my Meta glasses with her bare hands." Right: Close-up of woman's face on the subway, tweet text overlay reads, "This is the most beautiful, powerful woman I’ve ever seen, she will lead millions in the Butlerian Jihad."

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“Imagine being this based”: Guy says woman “assaulted” him by breaking his Meta AI glasses on the subway. The internet disagrees

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“Stands for kindness”: Publisher condemns Pete Hegseth’s use of Franklin the Turtle in parody meme

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

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“This is the way forward”: iHeartRadio vows not to play AI music with new “guaranteed human” pledge

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Joe Rogan suggests Jesus could return as AI: “What’s more virgin than a computer?”