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Flock Cameras Got the Wrong License Plate 71% of the Time in California City (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: flock cameras, license plates, california

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Google Earth slams the brakes on Gemini image generation for depressingly predictable reasons (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google earth, gemini, nano banana 2

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Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: google earth, nano banana, satellite imagery

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Hugging Face Doesn’t Want to Sue OpenAI. It Does Want $100 Million (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: hugging face, openai, cyberattack

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There’s a Small Window to Become the Default Answer in AI Search — Claim It Before Your Competitors Do (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-31 | by Nick Brogden | tags: ai search, generative ai, seo

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Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lucas Ropek | tags: google earth, nano banana 2, ai image generator

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Snapchat is cracking down on AI slop in Spotlight (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Karissa Bell | tags: snapchat, spotlight, ai-generated videos

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Google rolls back the needless AI generation tools it added to Google Earth (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Igor Bonifacic | tags: google earth, nano banana, google

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Using the railway network as a flatbed scanner [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: railway network, flatbed scanner, linear camera

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Trump Claims Minnesota Is Behind Cyberattack on Its Own Water Systems, Not Iran (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: trump, minnesota, iran

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Insta360 Luna Ultra Review: This Is the Only Gimbal Camera You Need (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: insta360, luna ultra, gimbal camera

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Fintech broker Clear Street offers investors pre-IPO access to $188 billion AI giant Databricks (cnbc.com)

2026-07-31 | by Hugh Son | tags: clear street, databricks, ai software

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Severance (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: severance, macroeconomic, workforce

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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: snapchat, spotlight, ai-generated

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OpenAI’s Rogue AI Hack Urgently Needs Federal Investigation, AI Safety Researchers Warn (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: openai, ai safety, federal investigation

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Sony Is Paying Out $7.85M in PlayStation Store Credit. Here’s How to Claim Part of the Settlement (cnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Tyler Graham | tags: playstation store, sony interactive entertainment, the last of us

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New York Sues Kalshi After Talks to Rein In Prediction Market Break Down (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-31 | tags: new york, kalshi, prediction market

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The most official water costs $120k a gallon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width | tags: water isotopes, deuterium, oxygen-18

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Google Pulls Down Feature for AI-Generating Fake Satellite Images on Google Earth After It’s Immediately Used to Fake Terror Attacks (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Frank Landymore | tags: google earth, google nano banana 2, ai-generated satellite images

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AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai chatbots, pig butchering, crypto scams

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The ban on robot vacuums won’t make them safer, only worse (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | tags: robot vacuums, federal communications commission, cybersecurity

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X settles with advertising group after accusing it of coordinating a boycott (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: world federation of advertisers, wfa, elonn musk

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CISA warns of cyberattacks disrupting U.S. water utilities (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: cisa, water utilities, programmable logic controllers

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The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts (theverge.com)

2026-07-31 | by Terrence O'Brien | tags: generative ai, record charts, music industry

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A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai-generated faces, vectorguidehq, riseguide

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We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai-generated faces, vectorguidehq, riseguide

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Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: lightbulb, tungsten filament, lifespan

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How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: ai-cheating, yale, generative ai

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PwC just got caught trying to pass AI slop as authentic research (techspot.com)

2026-07-31 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: pwc, ai hallucinations, gptzero

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HoverAir's Versa is a pocket gimbal camera and drone mashup (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Steve Dent | tags: hoverair, versa, dji