#AI #art #activism #OmNomNom 'Graham Granger, a student in the school’s film and performing arts program, came upon some AI-generated art by MFA student Nick Dwyer and promptly ate it in protest, according to a report in the Sun Star, a student paper.'

Art Student Arrested for Eating AI-Generated Art in Protest

A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.

Putting this article in the Firehose reminded me that I have a "money grubbing assholes" tag

Gizmodo

Self-Help Ghouls Are Charging People Absurd Prices to Talk to Impersonator Chatbots

Sure, it's exploitative, but it's also profitable.

WHAT HAVE I BEEN SCREAMING FOR YEARS? 'Results of a set of experiments found that individuals learning about a topic from large language model summaries develop shallower knowledge compared to when they learn through standard web search.'

PsyPost - Psychology News

Learning from AI summaries leads to shallower knowledge than web search

A new study reveals that using AI chatbots to learn about a topic leads to shallower knowledge compared to traditional web searching. The ease of A...

#privacy #AI #ElonMusk #Starlink '...Starlink just updated its Privacy Policy to allow the use of customers’ personal information to train [its] machine learning or artificial intelligence models, including for third parties.'

Coywolf

Starlink updates Privacy Policy to allow AI model training with personal data

Starlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out.

#protests #Iran #disinformation #propaganda #GiftArticle 'The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinformation campaigns and fake images.'

Battles Over Truth Rage Online Amid Iran’s Internet Blackout

The shutdown of online discourse within Iran has allowed both the government and its critics to flood social media outside the country with disinfo...

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Attached: 3 images We stopped doing overpass demos for a time because it was cold and then we decided "Fuck it, we've got mittens." Today me and 1...

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Wake up kids the Muhammad Ali stamps just dropped https://stupiddope.com/2026/01/usps-releases-muhammad-ali-forever-stamps-in-louisville-ceremony/

#YouTube #TV #SesameStreet 'As of this week, more than 100 full episodes of Sesame Street, including the groundbreaking first episode from 1969 are now available to stream for free on YouTube and YouTube Kids.'

Cord Cutters News

More Than 100 Classic Sesame Street Episodes Are Now Streaming on YouTube | Cord Cutters News

The iconic Sesame Street library has officially arrived on YouTube in a big way. As of this week, more than 100 full episodes of Sesame Street, inc...

Hey, it's the Dykes To Watch Out For lady!

VTDigger

Vermont Conversation: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel on hope, humor and 'waking up' in dark times - VTDigger

“Who can draw when the world is burning?” the Vermont author asks in her new graphic novel, "Spent."