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Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

Nina Hernandez

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Is this the future of customer service? AI is going to answer all your questions at Lowe’s

David Covucci is the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications. He is particularly interested in hearing any tips you have. Reach out at dcovucci@thedailydot.com.

David Covucci

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Forbidden ChatGPT prompts flood Threads

Michael Edison Hayden is a writer from New York. He worked as Sr. Investigative Reporter and Spokesperson for Southern Poverty law Center for five years, focused on far-right extremism. He wrote the first OSINT reporting guide for Columbia University&#8217;s Tow Center and has contributed reporting to publications like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, among others.
Michael&#8217;s first book, Strange People on the Hill, will publish in 2026 (Bold Type Books/Hachette).

Michael Edison Hayden

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‘I don’t want fights’: He’s found love with an AI girlfriend. But is she curing the loneliness epidemic or just ‘weird and unhealthy’?

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

Mikael Thalen

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Grok jailbreaker tricks AI into posting as Musk, ordering Trump to conduct nuclear strike

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

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‘Really is the best AI’: Left-wingers warm up to Grok as it shares brutal anti-Trump, Musk replies

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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‘There’s so many ways this could go wrong’: Should you be scared of AI? Experts say absolutely

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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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks this short story by company’s new model is ‘so right,’ but everyone else thinks he’s so wrong

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‘Tried this at Ulta’: AI is influencing how you shop. Here’s what it means for you

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‘Turn it off’: Grok under fire after providing assassination advice, chemical weapons recipes

Jason Wilson is an investigative reporter based in Portland, Oregon.

Jason Wilson

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He’s working on Elon Musk’s ‘plutocratic coup.’ Last year, he won a $100,000 grant to promote ‘democratic governance’ in AI

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DeepSeek users jailbreak bot, trick it into defying Chinese censorship

Nate Wolf is a reporter based in New York City. His work has appeared in the Chief, InsuranceNewsNet, and Deadspin.

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‘Cannot be trusted’: Why Elon Musk and his right-wing allies are attacking Sam Altman on X

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Nero-Nazi leader used ChatGPT to ask about attacking the power grid

EXCLUSIVE: ChatGPT advised infamous neo-Nazi on how to attack U.S. electrical grid

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