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Axios Partners With OpenAI to "Automate" Local Journalism
14+ min ago (419+ words) Published Aug 16, 2026 7:02 AM EDT Local journalism in the US has spent the better part of two decades on life support. First came widespread digitization, which guttered subscriptions and left newspapers and magazines in shambles. Then private equity swooped in, snapping…...
People Horrified That They'll Be Busted Now That Anthropic Is Watermarking AI Content
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (382+ words) Published Aug 16, 2026 6:01 AM EDT Using AI to crank out everything imaginable, from your homework to emails to code, is great and all — until you have to own up to it. Fearless embracers of AI are suddenly clutching at their pearls,…...
Publisher of Axios Boasts That He Uses AI to "Read" Everything For Him Now, Instead of Using His Brain
13+ hour, 15+ min ago (492+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 6:01 PM EDT All is not well in the fourth estate. On Tuesday, the publisher of Axios hit “post” on an article about how he basically uses AI to read for him now, instead of recruiting the moldering neurons…...
Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They're Using AI to Write New Laws
18+ hour, 13+ min ago (407+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 1:03 PM EDT The use of AI chatbots has invaded almost every profession. From lawyers getting caught citing hallucinated cases and major consulting firms generating nonsensical reports to teachers using AI to revise likely AI-generated essays from students, the…...
McDonald's Has Hundreds of Pages of Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours
19+ hour, 15+ min ago (422+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 12:01 PM EDT For most people, the mental calculation to grab a meal from McDonald’s is pretty simple: it’s relatively cheap, fast, and goes down easy, even if it doesn’t always feel so good afterward. For McDonald’s, however, the…...
Man Wearing Pervert Glasses Films Himself Harassing Famous Female Comedian in the Middle of TV Shoot
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (520+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 11:03 AM EDT The public blowback to Meta’s contentious smart glasses continues to grow. The popular camera-equipped accessories, which have earned the pejorative nickname of “pervert glasses,” are systematically being abused by men to harass women in public. It’s…...
Influencer Melts Down That People Didn't Like Her Being a Paid Shill for OpenAI
21+ hour, 15+ min ago (665+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 10:01 AM EDT An influencer who attended a “luxury eco-retreat” put on by ChatGPT maker OpenAI got far more of a reaction than she bargained for. Instagram personality and self-styled “public speaker” Grace McCarrick went on an all-expenses-paid-by-OpenAI gathering…...
Sensing He's in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It's All Been a Big Misunderstanding
22+ hour, 13+ min ago (585+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 9:03 AM EDT In the United States, there’s practically no escaping from mass surveillance company Flock Safety’s 120,000 license plate reading cameras spread across 49 states. The company has partnered with 6,000 law enforcement agencies and 1,000 private customers, leading to terrifying false…...
Woman Journeys to a Beach to Watch Total Solar Eclipse With Her One True Love: Claude
1+ day, 14+ min ago (470+ words) Published Aug 15, 2026 7:02 AM EDT Where were you when the historic total eclipse happened this week? One woman was on a beach with a curious choice of companion: Anthropic’s AI model, Claude. “Last night, a total solar eclipse crossed Europe. I…...
It's Getting So Hot That Nuclear Plants Are Being Forced to Power Down
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (284+ words) Published Aug 14, 2026 4:40 PM EDT Nuclear energy is often touted as an ultra-efficient alternative to dirtier energy sources like coal or natural gas. Expanding the world’s capacity for atomic power is the key to avoiding a cascading climate disaster, some of…...