Katelyn
@katelynched.bsky.social
Tech reporter at @cnet.com covering AI. UNC alum. NC born and raised. Big fan of words.
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Only 11% of US adults who use social media find AI-generated content informative, useful or entertaining. Which makes a lot of sense to anyone who has scrolled on Facebook lately www.cnet.com/tech/service...
AI Is Taking Over Social Media, but Only 44% of People Are Confident They Can Spot It, CNET Finds
Half of social media users said they want better labels on AI-generated and edited posts.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Only 11% of US adults who use social media find AI-generated content informative, useful or entertaining. Which makes a lot of sense to anyone who has scrolled on Facebook lately www.cnet.com/tech/service...
oh to be a brightly colored italian espresso maker dancing at the olympic opening ceremonies... hopecore at its finest
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
oh to be a brightly colored italian espresso maker dancing at the olympic opening ceremonies... hopecore at its finest
We can never say never. Anthropic didn't. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Anthropic Pinky Promises It Won't Add Ads to Claude
Anthropic's Super Bowl ads are funny, but can we really trust them?
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February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We can never say never. Anthropic didn't. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Second time’s the charm? www.cnet.com/tech/service...
ChatGPT-4o Fans, Get Ready to Say Goodbye: OpenAI Will Soon Retire Several Models
For real this time.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Second time’s the charm? www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Bye bye ChatGPT 4o, you may (?) be missed www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Bye Bye, ChatGPT-4o: OpenAI Will Soon Retire Several Models, Pushing New GPT-5 Ones
The last time OpenAI tried to move users away from ChatGPT-4o, there was quite a bit of backlash.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Bye bye ChatGPT 4o, you may (?) be missed www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Legitimately my favorite AI story CNET has ever published www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Legitimately my favorite AI story CNET has ever published www.cnet.com/tech/service...
There is nobody, and I mean NOBODY, that I hate more than Ticketmaster
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
There is nobody, and I mean NOBODY, that I hate more than Ticketmaster
Do we thing The Duffer brothers sent a gift basket to the Game of Thrones season 8 writers? Because if they didn’t, they absolutely should. Saved them from being responsible for the worst finale in recent pop culture memory
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Do we thing The Duffer brothers sent a gift basket to the Game of Thrones season 8 writers? Because if they didn’t, they absolutely should. Saved them from being responsible for the worst finale in recent pop culture memory
My Verizon service is down oh NO I will just have to sit by myself and read a good book with an ice cold glass of water and have the perfect excuse for being unreachable…
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
My Verizon service is down oh NO I will just have to sit by myself and read a good book with an ice cold glass of water and have the perfect excuse for being unreachable…
The best part of CES so far, hands-down. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
I Challenged an AI Bartender to Design Me a Cocktail. I Was Surprised With the Result
Would you trust AI to be your bartender? I did. Here's how it went.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The best part of CES so far, hands-down. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
2025 was the year when AI image and video broke into the mainstream, for better or worse. If we want to see fewer tech bros claiming they made the next Mona Lisa with Midjourney, we need to make some big changes in 2026.
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The Only Way to Stop AI 'Art' in 2026 Is to Make It Uncool
Commentary: AI image and video generation took over 2025. We need some big changes to avoid an AI slop-filled future in 2026.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
2025 was the year when AI image and video broke into the mainstream, for better or worse. If we want to see fewer tech bros claiming they made the next Mona Lisa with Midjourney, we need to make some big changes in 2026.
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bringing more physical media into my life has been one of my best choices this year
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
bringing more physical media into my life has been one of my best choices this year
can one of you internet therapists diagnose what mental illness leads to being in the top 5% of LinkedIn users according to LinkedIn Wrapped (asking for a friend)
December 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
can one of you internet therapists diagnose what mental illness leads to being in the top 5% of LinkedIn users according to LinkedIn Wrapped (asking for a friend)
IDK man if I bought $1M worth of land for my local government without some of the town staff knowing and after being advised by other people not to, I would simply not. (gift link)
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Town of Cary spent $1 million on land. Elected leaders left in the dark.
A former council member says she didn’t learn of the sale until over a year later, shortly before former Town Manager Sean Stegall was put on leave.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
IDK man if I bought $1M worth of land for my local government without some of the town staff knowing and after being advised by other people not to, I would simply not. (gift link)
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If you want to go bananas (sorry, couldn't resist) with Google's new AI image model, here's how 🍌
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This Is the Cheapest Way to Create Unlimited AI Images With Google's New Nano Banana Pro
A rare Adobe promotion coincides with the release of Google's new image generation model.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you want to go bananas (sorry, couldn't resist) with Google's new AI image model, here's how 🍌
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charli xcx starting a substack was not on my 2025 bingo card
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
charli xcx starting a substack was not on my 2025 bingo card
Big thanks to @jondreed.bsky.social for creating this beaut of a headline www.cnet.com/tech/service...
You Can Use an AI Clone of Matthew McConaughey's Voice, if He Says It's 'Alright, Alright, Alright'
Michael Caine, Maya Angelou, Judy Garland, Alan Turing, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Babe Ruth are other AI voices available to license through ElevenLabs.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Reposted by Katelyn
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
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AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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There are a lot of things I wouldn’t pay for but I would probably pay Meta at this point to turn off the friend bubbles that cover up every single post on my Instagram feed
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There are a lot of things I wouldn’t pay for but I would probably pay Meta at this point to turn off the friend bubbles that cover up every single post on my Instagram feed
Why can't we just normalize purses and bags for everyone www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
The iPhone Pocket Is the Apple Accessory You Never Saw Coming
Just in time for chilly weather, it's knitwear for your iPhone.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Why can't we just normalize purses and bags for everyone www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
OpenAI's looking for someone to sell Sora to film and TV studios, and it's willing to pay $370k plus equity. In case anyone was wondering about the company's AI video endgame: openai.com/careers/part...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
OpenAI's looking for someone to sell Sora to film and TV studios, and it's willing to pay $370k plus equity. In case anyone was wondering about the company's AI video endgame: openai.com/careers/part...
New career goal unlocked: To write something as impactful as the Vogue Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? article
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New career goal unlocked: To write something as impactful as the Vogue Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? article
There has been a lot of Adobe news this week, but this really seems to be the most important, since this feature got the loudest reaction from the keynote audience www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Photoshop's New AI Assistant Can Rename All Your Layers So You Don't Have To
The chatbot-like AI assistant isn't out yet, but there is at least one practical way to use it.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There has been a lot of Adobe news this week, but this really seems to be the most important, since this feature got the loudest reaction from the keynote audience www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.
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Adobe's AI Makes It Quicker Than Ever to Edit Your Photos. I Got an Early Look
All the Adobe research projects transform time-intensive manual photo edits into a few easy clicks.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.
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Sora changed the deepfake game. It's nearly impossible to tell AI-generated videos from real ones, but there are some things you can keep an eye out for.
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The Deepfakes Are Winning. How Can You Tell if a Video Is Real or Sora AI?
There's no one foolproof way to tell if a video is real or made with Sora. But there are things you can look for to try and bolster your odds.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sora changed the deepfake game. It's nearly impossible to tell AI-generated videos from real ones, but there are some things you can keep an eye out for.
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