Category: AI
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Is OpenAI Building a Social Media Platform? (and why?)
The tech world is buzzing with rumors: OpenAI, the AI giant behind ChatGPT, might be building its own social media platform. While unconfirmed, this potential move shines a spotlight on a critical issue in our digital age: data privacy and the ever-expanding digital footprint we leave behind. Why Would OpenAI Want a Social Network? The…
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New X Rules for Parody & Fan Accounts – Audit Your Content
As of April 10, X (formerly Twitter) has implemented new rules requiring parody, commentary, and fan accounts (also known as PCF accounts) to explicitly label themselves at the start of their display names. The purpose of this change is to reduce confusion and curb impersonation – especially after a series of impersonator accounts have misled…
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How to Mass Delete All Your LinkedIn Posts
If you’ve been using LinkedIn for years, there’s a good chance your post history is longer than you remember. An extensive digital footprint can add to the already significant risk of targeted scammers, spammers, hackers and other bad actors. Or you might just want to avoid LinkedIn using your content to train their AI, or…
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Your Discord Messages Have Probably Been Scraped – Again. What Can You Do?
Just one year after the infamous spy.pet Discord scandal, a new claim has emerged with details of another massive (alleged) Discord scraping breach. @DarkWebInformer posted the claim on Twitter, along with a screenshot of a Breach Forums listing; The breach listing claims to have harvested over 348 million messages from public discord servers, between April…
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How to Delete All Your Bluesky Likes
If you’re a Bluesky user, you’ve probably accumulated hundreds or even thousands of likes across posts and profiles. Some of those likes might date back to when the platform first launched – and they’re still sitting there, even if they no longer reflect your interests today. Bluesky doesn’t offer a built-in way for you to…
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Will Discord’s IPO Lead to Enshittification?
Discord, the widely popular communication platform, is reportedly preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2025, collaborating with financial giants JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs to facilitate the process. While this move could bolster Discord’s financial standing and market presence, it raises significant concerns regarding user data privacy and security. The Implications of…
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AI Misinformation – ChatGPT Falsely Accuses Father of Murdering his Children
AI Hallucinations Can Have A Devastating Impact In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, tools like ChatGPT have garnered significant attention for their ability to generate human-like text. However, recent incidents have highlighted a concerning issue: AI hallucinations, where the system produces false or misleading, often harmful information presented as fact. AI also has…
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Top 3 Ways to Make Money on Reddit 🤑
Quick disclaimer, you will need to own Reddit for most of these to actually make you money. In recent years, Reddit has made several business decisions that have significantly impacted its users and the broader community. From introducing API restrictions to rolling out the Reddit Contributor Program, these changes have sparked controversy and frustration among…
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Meta Allows AI-Driven Fetishization of Down Syndrome, While Encouraging AI Usage and Rolling Back Content Moderation
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In January this year, Meta announced their intentions to encourage “More speech, fewer mistakes” on their platforms. This involved them axing their factcheckers, implementing community notes and encouraging more political content. Now just months later, Meta is starting to test community notes across platforms, while Instagram is plagued by AI-generated adult ‘content creators’ fetishizing Down…
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Elon’s Transparency Report Confirms X is Being Massively Manipulated
X / Twitter made a name for itself as the ‘internet’s town square’ – though the recency and openness of information shared on Twitter often draws criticism due to inaccuracies. The platform’s owner has been cited as a misinformation super spreader regarding the recent US election. Not only that – X’s own AI product Grok,…