The State of Anti-Surveillance Design
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AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for
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At CES 2026, Everything Is AI. What Matters Is How You Use It
Integrated chatbots and built-in machine intelligence are no longer standout features in consumer tech. If companies want to win in
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Scientists Discover One of the World’s Oldest Cremations
Welcome back to the Abstract, and Happy New Year! Here are the studies this week that stoked the flames, cooled
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Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture
From seemingly AI-generated videos to repurposed old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading
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The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees
Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don’t.
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Scientists Identify Remains of the Earliest Human Ancestor
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Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of
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Meta buys another AI startup and promises to cut all ties with China
Meta has once again opened its very large checkbook and bought another AI startup, apparently believing the fastest way to
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AI is getting a budget increase, and workers aren’t
As AI tools ship faster than anyone can update their LinkedIn profile, anxiety about what all this “efficiency” means for
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