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Lutheran and Zen.
Wandering.
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and number one...

artists & academics have rang alarm bells about gen AI for years. in 2025, many everyday people joined them.

Duolingo's heel turn with Gen Z users, who despised the app for embracing AI, exemplified the rising cultural cohort of people rejecting AI.

www.wired.com/story/genera...
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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number two...

as ICEBlock rose on the iOS download charts, i spoke with multiple legal experts who told me that the app fell under protected speech. Apple removed the app from its store a few months later

www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional
The platform, which allows users to anonymously share the locations of ICE agents, is currently the third-most-downloaded iPhone app.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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number three...

OpenAI’s PR team called multiple times, begging to get this headline changed. it remains untouched.

my reporting highlighted how it was quite easy to generate AI outputs with extreme language, like gay slurs, despite OpenAI's guardrails
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
The new version of ChatGPT explains why it won’t generate rule-breaking outputs. WIRED’s initial analysis found that some guardrails were easy to circumvent.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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number four...

teamed up with @boone.bsky.social to report on viral videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker sold in the TikTok Shop.

the product was targeted at people who wanted to conceal the recording indicator on Meta’s smart glasses
www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Promotes Stickers for Secretly Recording Meta Ray-Ban Video
Millions of TikTok users are watching videos promoting a “ghost dot” sticker that conceals the recording indicator light on Meta’s smart glasses.
www.wired.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Cover version by Bark Psychosis. youtu.be/8URESrAxVO0?...
Three Girl Rhumba
YouTube video by Bark Psychosis - Topic
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September 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM