Meet Uncle Murray, the talking skeleton programmed by a 9-year-old girl
Nathalie convinced her parents to buy her a Home Depot skeleton. Then she dragged him to the basement and gave him a new personality. (His favorite color is now pink.)
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Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts
The company’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
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Flock is just the latest example of using surveillance to stalk women
The technology is under fire for how police officers have abused it. But it’s only the symptom of a larger problem.
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Meet the women leading the people-powered push against data centers
Through public office, environmental justice and urban planning, they’re demanding a say in what gets built in communities across the country.
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The women who power America's offices are making themselves AI-proof
Administrative assistants know you’re wondering whether AI is coming for their jobs. They’re not waiting to find out.
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'Nudify' apps are still available at the click of a button
Advocates want states to take legal action to block nudification tools on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
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Minnesota passes the nation’s first ban on ‘nudification’ apps
The apps are one of the major ways nonconsensual AI deepfakes can be made without any technical expertise — including by kids.
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Influencers are turning baby bumps into business models
They've transformed motherhood into lucrative professions — but a new book is exploring the impact that has on kids who grow up online.
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Meta and YouTube ordered to pay $3 million to young woman in social media addiction trial
The historic trial sets the tone for thousands of cases where kids and parents allege harm from social media products.
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Sex workers are fighting to own their likenesses in an AI world
The rise of OnlyFans and AI has some sex workers concerned their likenesses will be exploited. They want protections from the Nevada brothels where they work.