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The Brian Lehrer Show
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Avoiding Fake News in the AI Era

How do you know when something you're seeing online is real or fake? Craig Silverman, co-founder of the Indicator, a publication that exposes digital deception, offers insight into the proliferation of AI-generated content on the internet and tips on how to identify it.


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Bram’s Thoughts
Text • Bram Cohen

Bug Bounty Submissions Should Require Deposits

Bug Bounty Submissions Should Require Deposits

Serious, not trolling

Scripting News Valid
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Was the ICE murder pre-calculated?

When there's breaking news these days I check Fox News in addition to CNN, MSNOW, BBC, PBS. The best are the last two. But last night night when everyone was fixated on the story of Renee Nicole Good, the woman who was killed in cold blood, on video, by a masked ICE thug, I ...

The Brian Lehrer Show
Audio • WNYC

The Southern Drawl is Fading Away

Annie Joy Williams, assistant editor at The Atlantic, talks about how and why the southern drawl seems to be fading away, and what it means to lose a whole regional accent.

→ The Last Days of the Southern Drawl | The Atlantic


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WIRED
Text • David Gilbert

People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good

Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.

Defector
Text • Drew Magary

After The Redeye

After The Redeye
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. It’s 11:00 p.m. and I’ve ju...

404 Media Supports Webmention
Text • Samantha Cole

Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere

Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere

With xAI's Grok generating endless semi-nude images of women and girls without their contest, it follows a years-long legacy of rampant abuse on the platform.

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
Text • Julie Banfield

Autonomous, Resilient Workflows: How Close Are They to Reality?

"Autonomous, Resilient Workflows: How Close Are They to Mainstream?" featured image. Illustration of an elephant standing on an egg

As enterprises push deeper into AI-driven automation, the conversation is moving from simple task automation to truly autonomous, resilient workflows.

The post Autonomous, Resilient Workflows: How Close Are They to Reality? appeared first on The New Stack.

404 Media Supports Webmention
Text • Matthew Gault

Texans Are Frighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter

Texans Are Frighting a 6,000 Acre Nuclear-Powered Datacenter

"They're being told that this is inevitable," a member of the 806 Data Center Resistance told 404 Media. "But Texas is this other beast."

Defector
Text • Chris Thompson

Which Lives Are Worthy Of The Media’s Protection?

Which Lives Are Worthy Of The Media’s Protection?
The United States invaded Venezuela late Friday, in a mission called "Operation Absolute Resolve." The invasion, which resulted in the abduction by Army Delta Force commandos of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, reportedly was the culmination of months of planning. A grou...

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ChatGPT Health

I expect a lot of people to be bothered by ChatGPT Health. Of course you shouldn’t use AI as a replacement for a human doctor. And what about privacy? AI for health questions has actually gotten really good in the last year. It’s better at explaining lab results. It’s better...

404 Media Supports Webmention
Text • Joseph Cox

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

Open Channels FM Podcast Network
Audio • Bob Dunn

Eight Years and 1.53 Million Seconds Later

With enough words spoken to fill the Harry Potter series three times over, BobWP shares some fun numbers on this 8th year of the podcast.

WIRED
Text • Reece Rogers

Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails

New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.

McSweeney’s
Text • Ross Murray

Future Canadian Resistance Tactics

“We need to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. uses military coercion against Canada.” — Headline from op-ed in The Globe and Mail. - - - Jamming vital infrastructure with Anne of Green Gables souvenirs Giving birth to future resistance fighters without taking on crip...

WIRED
Text • Parker Hall

2026 Is the Year of the RGB LED TV

The crop of next-generation TVs arriving this year has more accurate colors than ever, thanks to a fancy new kind of backlighting.

WIRED
Text • Luke Larsen

The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis

The supply shortage of the RAM needed to build phones and PCs isn’t going away. But a few companies have a plan to solve it.

WIRED
Text • Jasper Craven

How Mormons Helped Make America’s Prepping Industry Into Big Business

How two big names in mainstream disaster preparedness helped sell Americans on fear, anxiety and a new generator.

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The R.F.K. Jr. Era of Childhood Vaccines

Warning: This episode contains strong language. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released new guidelines that dramaticaly cut down the number of childhood vaccines recommended by the federal government. Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller, who cov...

WIRED
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This Is the Blood Glucose Monitor We’ve Been Waiting For

Makers of smartwatches and other wearables have spent years trying to measure blood sugar without pricking your skin. The PreEvnt Issac does just that, and you wear it like a necklace.