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The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact (wired.com)

2026-08-10 | by Reece Rogers | tags: meta, generative ai, linkedin

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After Netflix, now Disney Plus wants you to chat with AI to figure out what to watch next (androidauthority.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: disney plus, generative ai, disney company

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I caught my students using AI to cheat in an exam — here’s what universities must do to stamp this out (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-10 | by Serrano | tags: generative ai, brown university, welfare economics

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The AI Notetaker Has Been Invited to All the Meetings (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Reece Rogers | tags: wispr, otter ai, granola ai

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AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory (wired.com)

2026-08-05 | by Megan Carnegie | tags: ai influencers, generative ai, text-to-image

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Did an AI Music App Just Snitch on the Song of the Summer? (wired.com)

2026-08-03 | by Dexter Thomas | tags: ai music app, fenix flexin, tyga

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Employees Long for the Days Before the Workplace Filled Up With AI Slop (futurism.com)

2026-08-01 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: adaptavist, generative ai, prompt engineering

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India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-31 | by Jagmeet Singh | tags: sensor tower, india, generative ai

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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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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 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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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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LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Paresh Dave | tags: linkedin, ai data centers, gpus

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AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Andy Greenberg | tags: ai chatbots, pig butchering, crypto scams

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Generative AI could boost creativity, but only for some workers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: chatgpt, generative ai, applied psychology

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Filmmaking Beyond the ‘Slop’ of Generative AI (cnet.com)

2026-07-30 | by Macy Meyer | tags: google flow, generative ai, google labs

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Hugging Face Users Easily Created and Shared Abusive AI Images, Study Finds (cnet.com)

2026-07-29 | by Katelyn Chedraoui | tags: hugging face, ai forensics, generative ai

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Google has quietly nuked the ‘Me Meme’ feature in Google Photos (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: google photos, me meme, generative ai

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AI firms are quietly buying and destroying millions of printed books to train their models (techspot.com)

2026-07-29 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: isbndb, generative ai, printed books

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Sam Altman Says Even the Power of AI Will Never Lead to a Shorter Work Week (futurism.com)

2026-07-28 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: openai, sam altman, generative ai

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Sam Altman says AI won't shorten the workweek because humans secretly enjoy being busy (techspot.com)

2026-07-28 | by Rob Thubron | tags: openai, sam altman, ai workweek

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The Messy Release of ‘Avatar Aang’ Continued at San Diego Comic-Con (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-26 | tags: avatar aang, san diego comic-con, generative ai

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Computer Science Enrollment Now Declining Under Dark Cloud of AI (futurism.com)

2026-07-24 | by Frank Landymore | tags: stanford, computer science, generative ai

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Codeberg Divides (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: codeberg, generative ai, github

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Meta launches new Facebook Verified badge for actual, real humans (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mat Smith | tags: facebook verified, facial recognition, meta

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Uber lays off 10 percent of its customer service team in favor of using AI (engadget.com)

2026-07-23 | by Mariella Moon | tags: uber, community operations, voice ai

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The robot byline is quietly disappearing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: ai-assisted journalism, large language models, newsrooms

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Making (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: generative ai, coding, microcomputers

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How enterprise GenAI can amplify ransomware risk — and how to contain it (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: generative ai, ransomware, cybercriminals