ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop
ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. …
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Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
… He recently visited Washington, DC, to advocate for new protections for kids online and an overhaul of Section 230, the law that protects tech platforms from being held liable for their users’ posts. “While we were able to prevail in our district court in Santa Fe, I still think the law as it curre…
Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/spa floorplan all floors-7b7bd68905e56013.webp?quality=90&strip=all Video: Midjourney Spa Holz hopes to put 10 of the scanners into a Midjourney Spa location in San Francisco’s Union Square that will open before the end of 2027… …
Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you
… Ciaran Hale, chief technology officer at another one of the platforms, Deputy, said in a statement that the company’s “third-party relationships are limited to trusted operational and infrastructure providers that support the delivery, security, and reliability of our platform.” Hale added that Dep… …
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
… Multiple legal and advertising experts I spoke to said the undisclosed relationships don’t just run afoul of major platforms’ advertising policies; in multiple jurisdictions, they probably break the law. …
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
… The idea is backed by tech companies that include Meta, Spotify, Match, and Garmin, who argue that having a single point of age verification is more efficient than checking ages on a platform-by-platform basis. …
AI backlash is coming for elections
… Groups like Brad Carson’s Americans for Responsible Innovation are focused on educating policymakers about AI to prepare them for coming policy debates. …
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… With EFF off the platform, some commenters agree with the organization’s thinking. …
Twitter - X
… Presumably this tweet was timed before Elon Musk’s Grok posted an estimated 3 million sexualized images onto the platform, including 23,000 of children, averaging an estimated 190 images per minute over an 11-day sample period: X supports SaferInternetDay and remains committed to protecting childre… …
How David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House
… But to Washington, the shift in the White House’s policy was due to three major changes. …