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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 6d

New on @indicator.media: Almost all major platforms have promised to label AI content on their services, but it can be hard to keep track of who said they do what and how.

I collected information for 8 different platforms in one nifty table, that we will keep updating.

The Indicator Guide to AI labels

We’ve collected in one place how and when major platforms label AI content

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Cornell Tech @cornelltech.bsky.social · 15h

AI ads are mimicking news to sell legal services — without disclosing what’s real.

“This trend is not encouraging for the pursuit of truth in advertising,” says @mantzarlis.com, director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative, in @latimes.com.

latimes.com/business/sto...

Is that a newscast or a sales pitch? New AI videos make it tough to tell

Artificial intelligence is now part of advertisers' arsenal, and some are using it to blur the line between newscast and sales pitch.

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 15h

oh hi! great paper!

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 15h

this is great theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 15h

full paper:

Fun Facts: The Impact of Joke Proximity on Encoding Facts from the Main Stories on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Drawing from Dynamic Human Centered Communication Systems Theory (DHCCST), this study examines how humor influences the acquisition of factual information from comedic news, using an experimental d...

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 15h

Fascinating study on Last Week Tonight and whether jokes help "embed" facts, as seen on the always interesting RQ1 newsletter rq1.substack.com/p/why-right-...

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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

There are lots of ways to make money on social networks, but creators are increasingly being paid directly by platforms. Meta, TikTok, Snap, & X have programs that pay people based on engagement.

My latest piece shows how to identify monetized accounts:

How to tell if a social media account is monetized

Platforms are paying billions to creators

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

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TomB @tdb011235.bsky.social · 1d

Given the trend, what do you guess are the odds of seeing military at polling places next year? At the moment I'm giving it 1:3 odds.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 1d

This is the same guy that abandoned promises to avoid photorealism in image generations as soon as it was politically expedient.

Making sure people can spot deceptive deepfakes is not top of his priority list.

OpenAI says "f**k it, we're doing impersonation now"

OpenAI wants a cut of the deepfake disinfo market; TikTok job-bait accounts target would-be emigrants; and Meta is still running ads for AI nudifiers

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 1d

Repeat after me: They don't care!

www.404media.co/sora-2-water...

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 1d

“Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this. But the profound, immediate and unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

This but for news

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 2d

I’m seeing Footnotes (to be rated, not helpful just yet) live on TikTok without searching for them, which seems new. The quality is meh

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 3d

happy sunday, remember that you are completely expendable to your employer and that when you die they will forget you ever existed within weeks and easily replace you

Work really hard and one day this can be you (followed by graffiti of a headstone that says “RIP worked really hard” on it

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 4d

Unclear in Altman's latest blog if there's going to be any monetization for rightsholders. Would be pretty dumb to give it all away for nothing

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 5d

Medbeds for all?

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 5d

“Our deepfake slipped past every security checkpoint that was explicitly designed to catch manipulated media.”

Reality Defender Bypasses Sora 2 Security Measures

Reality Defender bypassed OpenAI's Sora 2 anti-impersonation safeguards in 24 hours using deepfakes. Their API detected every fake while Sora missed them all.

www.realitydefender.com

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 5d

If you work at CBS or Paramount, I'd love to hear your thoughts and what you've been told (or not told) so far. My Signal is willoremus.24

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 5d

I literally wrote earlier today that ICE and CBP are "a portrait of an authoritarian secret police that seems set to model itself on history’s worst fascist enforcers." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...

Case in point here:

Mr. Will @wm.hdly.io · 5d

ICE agents tear-gassing neighborhoods while sitting in their cars is some messed up shit. As @gregdoucette.bsky.social would say, “cops are great.”

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 5d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 5d

"Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from Google's YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights."

Scores of Bollywood AI videos vanish from YouTube after Reuters story

Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from Google's YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 5d

My latest is on Sora's AI and why we should care about stolen art

For more, follow:
+ www.tiktok.com/@drewharwell
+ www.instagram.com/bydrewharwell

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 5d

The vainglory of it all

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 5d

Twitter exchange between Elon Musk and a Blue check simp:

Blue check simp: "Literally though, without X the entire west would be completely captured by authoritarian rule at this point."

Elon Musk, not 7 months into personally buying the country an authoritarian president and turning the most popular social media network in the country into a Trump apologist propaganda mill: "Buying this platform has caused me enormous pain, but it had to be done to strengthen the pillars holding up the Western Civilization."

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