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Separating the real from the fake: tips for spotting AI slop
The Week Recommends Advanced AI may have made slop videos harder to spot, but experts say it’s still possible to detect them
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Last updated
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Texts from a scammer
Feature If you get a puzzling text message from a stranger, you may be the target of ‘pig butchering.’
By The Week US Published
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Inside a Black community’s fight against Elon Musk’s supercomputer
Under the radar Pollution from Colossal looms over a small Southern town, potentially exacerbating health concerns
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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Blackouts: Why the internet keeps breaking
feature Cloudflare was the latest in a string of outages
By The Week US Published
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Poems can force AI to reveal how to make nuclear weapons
Under The Radar ‘Adversarial poems’ are convincing AI models to go beyond safety limits
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Has Google burst the Nvidia bubble?
Today’s Big Question The world’s most valuable company faces a challenge from Google, as companies eye up ‘more specialised’ and ‘less power-hungry’ alternatives
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Spiralism is the new cult AI users are falling into
Under the radar Technology is taking a turn
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Border Patrol may be tracking drivers with secret cameras
In the Spotlight The cameras are reportedly hidden in objects like traffic safety cones
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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X update unveils foreign MAGA boosters
Speed Read The accounts were located in Russia and Nigeria, among other countries
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Is Apple’s Tim Cook about to retire?
Today's Big Question A departure could come early next year
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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AI agents: When bots browse the web
feature Letting robots do the shopping
By The Week US Published
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‘The problem isn’t creation itself’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Why Trump pardoned crypto criminal Changpeng Zhao
In the Spotlight Binance founder’s tactical pardon shows recklessness is rewarded by the Trump White House
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How Tesla has put Elon Musk on track to be the world’s first trillionaire
In The Spotlight The package agreed by the Tesla board outlines several key milestones over a 10-year period
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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