"These AI videos are just repeating things that are on the internet, so you end up with a very simplified version of the past."| 404 Media
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I stumbled across this genre yesterday and I’m morbidly fascinated. It combines AI generated ‘motivational music’ with transformation videos: (To be fair I’ve had the second one stuck in my head all morning. I think it’s catchier than a lot of human-generated motivational music I’ve heard) And it uses this as background music for what […]| Mark Carrigan
On July 14, 2025, a relatively new security company named Miggo Security announced a new offering called VulnDB. Even for my casual readers you may have done a double-take thinking I just made a gl…| Rants of a deranged squirrel.
Social media companies are cutting the junk from their diet; Trump is trying to reshape American media; and selling ads is always the last resort.| AdExchanger
We are on a path to where social media will feed you hyperpersonalized AI slop about anything and everything.| 404 Media
AI slop has come for everything, including those cringey drug bust spreads that clueless cops love to post.| Futurism
If you haven’t read this yet, surf over to this article on NOTUS: The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist. The subtitle is very clear, but it’s worth the full read. The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors. I […]| Left Brain Right Brain
Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.| 404 Media
I don’t always share many videos here, but I thought this Tunnel Vision video was poignant. I’m grateful I’m off most social media now because, as the video goes into, those servi…| K. M. Alexander
The Meta AI profiles everyone is mad about are old, were a colossal failure, and many are already dead.| 404 Media
AI-generated slop content is growing exponentially online. Plus, publishers and new organizations are strategizing for a post-TikTok future.| AdExchanger