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Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

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An ‘immersive’ Willy Wonka kids experience left parents fuming—claiming its misleading ads were the work of AI

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Group of famous authors suing ChatGPT push to get New York Times’ massive suit rolled into theirs

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.

Tricia Crimmins

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Why Google’s new AI Gemini accused of refusing to acknowledge the existence of white people

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Reddit inked a $60 million AI deal for its data—and users are plotting ways to troll it with bunk post

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‘Those assassins were serving’: Getting ChatGPT to describe traumatic world events in the voice of RuPaul is the gag

After fake Biden blows up, government immediately cracks down

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After AI Biden robocall blows up, government immediately cracks down

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‘I don’t need to rob my fans’: Andrew Tate’s old comments on crypto resurface after he claims he’s launching his own coin

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Logan Paul’s attorneys accuse YouTube lawyer of secretly coordinating with crypto debunking influencer Coffeezilla on class-action suit

Logan Paul says he’ll pay back Cryptozoo investors - over a year after he first said he would

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‘blah blah blah like idk how any of that works’: Logan Paul pleads ignorance in countersuit over failed NFT-crypto game

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EpsteinGPT—built to parse new unredacted documents—earns creator warning from OpenAI

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‘Are you on it?’ Artists realize their works were included in AI data sets after filing in suit against Midjourney goes viral

An Israeli music producer made a fake video of Bella Hadid recanting her support for Palestine

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A Bella Hadid deep fake where she recants her support for Palestine was the work of an Israeli jingle maker

Ernie Piper is an investigative journalist that writes about conspiracy theories, digital culture, and travel. He grew up in Alaska, lived in Istanbul for a long time, and now lives in London.

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Why BookTok is freaking out over Google Docs

Simon Spichak is a Toronto-based freelance science and tech journalist with an MSc in Neuroscience and training in science communication. He is a regular contributor to Being Patient, covering Alzheimer&#8217;s and dementia news. His writing is published across The Daily Beast, Futurism, Health, FastCompany, TVO, and elsewhere. He is also the founder of Resolvve, a low-cost online mental health clinic that provides affordable therapy for Canadian students.

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How new AI tools for doctors could worsen racial bias in healthcare

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.

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You will not be jailed for 20 years if you use TikTok after its banned—despite internet fear-mongering

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