Morgan Neville knows not everything we talk about will make it into this story. After making dozens of documentaries, he understands that in order to be told properly, the best stories have to leave some parts out. That’s definitely true of Piece by Piece, his new “creative nonfiction” documentary about …
Read More »Soon After the Deadly Hezbollah Pager Explosions, This AI-Generated Podcast Went Up
Last week, just hours after exploding pagers and two-way radios killed dozens of people in Lebanon and injured hundreds more, a peculiar new show appeared on podcast apps. Pager Protocol isn’t about the attacks aimed at Hezbollah members or the Israeli operatives believed to be behind them. It’s an ongoing …
Read More »The Viral ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ Copypasta Will Not Protect You
“Goodbye Meta AI” is the most recent Facebook copypasta to go viral online. A chunky wall of text pasted against a hazy orange-yellow gradient background, it’s complete with all the trend’s hallmarks: vague references to the legal system and unilateral declarations of personal protection. It almost feels nostalgic, a blast …
Read More »Your Dumb Memes Revived One of Butt Rock's Biggest Bands
Creed is having a moment. Actually, if we’re being precise, it’s having innumerable moments, over and over again, all across the internet. On Instagram, the band has been repurposed as a comedic device for dunking on President Joe Biden; on TikTok, shitposters imagined what it would be like to explain …
Read More »See ChatGPT run on a TI-84 graphing calculator
It’s pretty remarkable what technically savvy people can accomplish. To wit: A modder posted a YouTube video showing how they got ChatGPT running on a TI-84 calculator. Now, how in the world could someone access an AI chatbot on a relatively analog machine designed to do calculations? Well, with a …
Read More »Why is this Michigan school district suing social media companies?
Anyone who has attended a K-12 school or has a child, friend, or loved one who has attended one in the past decade knows one thing for sure — teachers and administrators are not fond of social media. One school is so critical of social media that it is suing …
Read More »Meet the People Traveling the World, Thanks to Crowdfunding
On June 4th, Rachel Kelly and Matt Saunders set off on the adventure of a lifetime: driving the Pan American Highway. The couple from a small town in Surrey, England, went to the same school but matched on Tinder during the pandemic lockdowns. On their third date, Saunders planted the …
Read More »Michelle Khare on 'Challenge Accepted,' making episodic content, and YouTube's television era
At this year’sMade on YouTubeevent on Sept. 18, creators like Michelle Khare received exciting news: They will soon be able to organize their videos into seasons and episodes, much like traditional television shows. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan invited Khare on stage for a Q&A to discuss the announcement. Khare is …
Read More »No more TikTok FYP? California social media bill could totally reshape kids' online world
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday that could entirely reshape how kids in the state use social media. Among the potential changes: A requirement that could effectively reshape the TikTok “For You Page” as minors now know it. SEE ALSO: OpenAI supports California’s AI-watermarking bill The bill, …
Read More »Moo Deng Is More Than a Meme
Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of Moo Deng. The baby pygmy hippo is barely two months old and already famous. So beloved on TikTok, Instagram, and X is Moo Deng that workers at Khao Kheow Open Zoo, the place in Thailand where she was born, are doing all they …
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