Bluesky barrels toward 1 million new sign-ups in a day
Social media app Bluesky has picked nearly a million new users just a day after exiting its invitation-only beta and opening to everyone. In a post on its main rival…
OpenAI’s New Watermark Will Make Our Fake Image Problems Worse
Photo: Mike Coppola / Staff (Getty Images) OpenAI announced it’s adding watermarks to images generated by its AI tools Tuesday, an effort to combat growing fears over the coming deepfake…
8kun Made an AI Chatbot and It Totally Sucks
Every website on the internet is currently trying to stick an AI-powered chatbot on its homepage, a trend that extends even to 8kun—the far-right image board website that is known…
Elon Musk Is Helping Gina Carano Sue Lucasfilm Over Mandalorian Firing
This is a lot so, sit down and take a deep breath. Gina Carano, the actress who was fired from The Mandalorian for “social media posts denigrating people based on…
You Can Join Bluesky Without an Invite Now
Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) Bluesky, the decentralized microblogging platform launched by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has finally opened its doors to the public. TikTok Bans Are Dumb…
Taylor Swift Threatens College Kid for Tracking Her Private Jet
Celebrities don’t like Jack Sweeney. For the past few years, the University of Central Florida junior has run several social media accounts that track planes and helicopters owned by billionaires,…
Congress Might Actually Do Something About AI, Thanks to Taylor Swift
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights”…
The AI Industry Has a Not So Secret Weapon: Lobbyists
Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert (Getty Images) A new report from CNBC shows that lobbyists connected to the AI industry were quite busy last year. Indeed, in 2023, AI lobbying efforts shot…
Zuckerberg Just Had the Most Humiliating Day of His Life, But His Hair Looked Great
In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into the halls of Congress for the most high-profile moment of his career. He was pale and glass-eyed, his tie wrapped loosely around his neck,…
Elon Musk Says Neuralink Has Implanted Its Chip in a Human for the First Time
Elon Musk says that the first person has received a neural implant from his controversial brain chip startup Neuralink. Musk revealed the information in a tweet posted on his social…