We think Merriam-Webster nailed it. Their 2025 word of the year: slop. CNBC says the choice is another "sign of growing wariness around artificial intelligence."
CNBC
Merriam-Webster declares 'slop' its word of the year in nod to growth of AI
Slop refers to the low-quality content created by artificial intelligence that's showing up across social media.
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iRobot, the maker of Roomba robot vacuum machines, has filed for bankruptcy. "The company has struggled to keep up with foreign rivals, its hefty debt and new costs of tariffs," [@npr](
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Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow, [@AssociatedPress](
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 ) reports. "For loose-knit, poorly resourced extremist groups β€” or even an individual bad actor with a web connection β€” AI can be used to pump out propaganda or deepfakes at scale."
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Militant groups are experimenting with AI, and the risks are expected to grow
The Islamic State group and other militant organizations are experimenting with artificial intelligence as a tool to boost recruitment and refine t...
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A Chinese whistleblower now living in the U.S. is being hunted by Beijing with help from American tech. [@AssociatedPress](
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A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech
Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.
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The Game Awards kick off shortly. Follow PC Gamer's coverage to see if "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" cleans up, what the mystery statue in the California desert was all about, and possible announcements about "Assassin's Creed 4," "Max Payne" and more.
PC Gamer
The Game Awards live coverage: Every reveal and announcement as it happens
Keep up with all the news and awards at The Game Awards 2025.
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Axios - President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to override state AI laws, setting up high-stakes clashes nationwide and inside his o...
 "The EO aims to gut state AI laws by launching legal challenges and conditioning federal grants on compliance." View quoted note β†’
Congratulations, folks, you're TIME's Person of the Year β€” and so are we, and so's our wife. For [@TheAtlantic](
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 ), Charlie Warzel writes about the selection of "The architects of AI" as Person of the Year, why this is all of us, and how the battles over copyright, attribution and ethics are just beginning. "Odds are, you have not personally developed a large language model at a large technology company," he writes. "And yet, the odds are also decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots."
The Atlantic
I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
So are you. Congrats!
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AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show. NBC News reports: "In new research, experts warn that the AI technology powering these new toys is so novel and poorly tested that nobody knows how they may affect young children."
NBC News
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
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South Korea to require advertisers to label AI-generated ads. [@AssociatedPress](
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South Korea to require advertisers to label AI-generated ads
South Korea will require advertisers to label their ads made with artificial intelligence technologies from next year as it seeks to curb a surge o...
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Millions of under-16s in Australia just woke up to no social media as the country's world-first ban came into effect. [@CNN](
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