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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.

Anna Good

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TikTok’s wildest story right now: Kendra Hilty, the psychiatrist she was in love with, and the chatbot who told her “he loves you too”

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New chatbot will let you work out  issues through an AI version of your ex:  “Unhealthy and wrong in so many ways”

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

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

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George Floyd chatbots pop up on AI site already facing criticism for lack of oversight

Elon Musk mad after Google's AI chooses nuclear apocalypse over misgendering

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Elon Musk freaks over Google AI’s ‘woke’ refusal to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to avert nuclear war—doesn’t realize his own bot Grok does the same

Right-wing commentator 'Catturd' threatens Google with lawsuit after AI allegedly says he's a danger to children

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‘They’ve crossed the line’: Catturd threatens to sue Google after saying new Gemini AI claims he’s a danger to children

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‘Reading this at 2am is scary’: ChatGPT went off the rails—and people are freaking out

Andrea Guzman is a freelance journalist based in Austin, Texas. Her work has appeared in Fortune, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, and the Texas Observer. You can reach her on Twitter @dreuhmarie.

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ChatGPT for kids just launched—is it a good idea?

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

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‘This robot causes harm’: National Eating Disorders Association’s new chatbot advises people with disordering eating to lose weight

Chris Stokel-Walker is a U.K.-based journalist and the author of TikTok Boom (2021) and YouTubers (2019).

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‘AI cannot be an excuse’: What happens when Meta’s chatbot brands a college professor a terrorist?

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