An investigation by education writer Benjamin Riley exposed practices at Alpha School, a private AI-driven K-12 chain, where students must pass an eight-week bootcamp before enrollment. The regimen reportedly includes building X (formerly Twitter) accounts with paid premium status and organic followers, plus a stress test where students are hooked to heart rate monitors while watching recorded criticism from their parents, failing if their pulse rises more than 10 percent above baseline.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-08
A laid-off government contractor named Christopher, after being repeatedly screened by 'Riley,' an AI recruiting bot from Everforth Apex Systems, with no human follow-up, decided to let ChatGPT Voice conduct his fifth interview on his behalf. He fed the chatbot his background details and let it converse directly with Riley, resulting in a smooth ten-minute exchange between the two AI systems with no human involvement at any point.
wired.com
· 2026-09-02
YouTuber Sydney Watson suggested without evidence that Connecticut Sun center Brittney Griner might be a man playing in the WNBA, despite Griner being cisgender. The claim surfaces amid a broader right-wing campaign against trans athletes in women's sports, fueled by figures like former swimmer Riley Gaines and WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, who has publicly opposed trans women competing in the league.
wired.com
· 2026-08-26
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