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The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers
The FBI is seeking nationwide access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to enhance its tracking capabilities.…
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Podcast: The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt Paris
The podcast features Britt Paris, a scholar focusing on internet infrastructure and digital labor. She discusses the…
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Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI
Researchers at the University of Washington planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras to record classroom…
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DOGE Cuts Unleashed a Deadly Wave of Violence Across Africa, Study Finds
A recent study indicates that the abrupt closure of USAID in 2025 has led to a significant rise in violence across…
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AI Poop Analysis App Offered to Sell Me Database of Its Users' Poops
An individual behind the AI-powered app PoopCheck is attempting to sell a database of over 150,000 labeled stool…
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Scientists Discover Strange New Crystal Formed by Nuclear Blast
Scientists have discovered a new type of crystal formed during the 1945 Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico, marking…
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ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year If They Submit AI Slop
ArXiv will impose a one-year ban on researchers who submit AI-generated content without proper oversight. The policy…
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Scientists Investigated a Frequency Linked to ‘Paranormal’ Encounters. The Results Were Unsettling.
A recent study has explored the connection between infrasound and feelings of unease often reported in paranormal…
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Study Finds a Third of New Websites Are AI-Generated
A study by researchers from Stanford, Imperial College London, and the Internet Archive found that 35% of new websites…
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SXSW Used AI-Powered Trademark Tool to Censor Dissent on Instagram
SXSW faced criticism for using BrandShield, an AI-powered trademark enforcement tool, to remove critical social media…
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A Time Traveling Superintelligent AI tried to warn about correspondence dinner
A viral conspiracy theory on social media claims a 3D stock image and a single tweet from 2023 predicted the White…
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People Using AI to Represent Themselves in Court Are Clogging the System
The rise of generative AI tools has led to a significant increase in pro se legal cases, where individuals represent…
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Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned into AI Slop
Arizona State University has launched a platform called Atomic that generates AI-based learning modules from faculty…
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