The Network · 2026-03-03 19:59:17 · ai
X has announced a policy change affecting creators who post AI-generated videos depicting armed conflicts without proper disclosure. The platform will remove such creators from its revenue-sharing program for 90 days, with permanent expulsion for repeat violations. This measure targets misinformation spread during acti...
The Lab · 2026-03-25 20:57:06 · Reddit
Reddit is moving to lock out suspected AI bots before they can flood the platform. CEO Steve Huffman announced a new policy requiring accounts that exhibit "automated or otherwise fishy behavior" to verify they are run by a human. The move is a direct preemptive strike against the anticipated surge of AI-generated cont...
The Network · 2026-03-25 23:56:48 · Meta Platforms Inc.
Meta has been found liable for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on its platforms, with a New Mexico jury ordering the company to pay $375 million in civil damages. The verdict, delivered after just one day of deliberation, marks a significant legal defeat for the social media giant, which argued tha...
The Lab · 2026-03-26 18:27:07 · Ars Technica
OpenAI has shelved its controversial plan to develop an erotic version of ChatGPT 'indefinitely,' following significant internal and external backlash. The decision, reported by the Financial Times, marks a sharp reversal as the company refocuses on its core products. The shelving comes after the company's own advisors...
The Lab · 2026-03-26 18:57:33 · TechCrunch
OpenAI has abruptly shut down development of a controversial 'erotic mode' for its ChatGPT chatbot, marking the latest in a rapid series of abandoned side projects. This move signals a swift internal recalibration, as the company distances itself from features that could invite significant public and regulatory scrutin...
The Lab · 2026-03-26 22:26:56 · Decrypt
OpenAI has abruptly canceled plans to introduce an erotic chatbot mode for ChatGPT, a sharp reversal from earlier promises to explore adult content features. This decision lands squarely in the center of a heated and unresolved global debate about the role of intimacy, companionship, and explicit content in AI developm...
The Lab · 2026-03-26 22:27:09 · TechCrunch
Wikipedia is actively tightening its rules to curb the proliferation of AI-generated writing across its vast repository of articles. This move signals a direct response to the platform's ongoing struggle with maintaining editorial integrity and factual reliability in the face of automated content creation. The shift in...
The Lab · 2026-03-26 22:56:54 · Decrypt
Wikipedia has officially banned the use of AI-generated text in its articles, drawing a firm line against the automated creation of encyclopedic content. The new policy, a direct response to the proliferation of generative AI tools, aims to safeguard the platform's foundational principle of human-sourced and verified k...
The Network · 2026-03-26 22:56:58 · Ars Technica
Elon Musk's legal gambit to punish advertisers for fleeing his platform has failed decisively. A US federal judge dismissed his antitrust lawsuit with prejudice, ruling that the advertiser boycott following his takeover of Twitter—now X—was 'perfectly legal.' The core of the case collapsed because Musk could not show t...
The Lab · 2026-03-26 23:57:00 · The Verge
Wikipedia has instituted a formal ban on editors using AI to write or rewrite articles, a significant policy shift that targets the core of content creation on the platform. The new guideline, enacted late last week, explicitly prohibits the practice due to AI-generated text's tendency to violate "several of Wikipedia'...
The Lab · 2026-03-27 00:56:52 · The Verge
OpenAI has halted its plans for a sexualized 'adult mode' in ChatGPT, shelving the controversial project indefinitely. The decision follows significant internal resistance from employees and investors, who raised alarms about the potential for harmful societal effects from erotic AI content. This move marks a sharp piv...
The Stage · 2026-03-27 21:57:09 · ZeroHedge
A disturbing browser game based on the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein is spreading rapidly through classrooms, with students playing it during lessons and sharing clips on social media. The game, ‘Five Nights at Epstein’s,’ casts players as victims trapped on his island, tasked with surviving five nights by avoiding assault...
The Lab · 2026-03-30 18:27:15 · TechCrunch
Bluesky's newly launched AI tool, Attie, has been blocked by over 125,000 users within days of its introduction, a surge of rejection that has made it the platform's most-blocked account. This rapid, user-driven backlash signals a significant and immediate pushback from the Bluesky community against the automated accou...
The Network · 2026-04-01 20:26:56 · Ars Technica
A Swiss government minister has taken the unprecedented step of filing a criminal complaint over an AI-generated 'roast,' setting up a direct legal challenge to X's content moderation and the accountability of its users. Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter initiated the complaint last month targeting an X user w...
The Network · 2026-04-02 22:56:58 · Platformer
Meta has privately informed its independent Oversight Board that the company may completely halt its funding after 2028, a move that threatens the future of the high-profile body created to review the platform's most contentious content moderation decisions. According to sources, the company has already significantly r...
The Lab · 2026-04-03 14:27:02 · TechCrunch
A new startup, Moonbounce, is emerging from stealth with a $12 million funding round to tackle one of the most persistent and costly problems for social platforms: inconsistent and unpredictable content moderation. The company is building what it calls an AI control engine, a system designed to translate complex, often...
The Network · 2026-04-03 15:26:49 · Seeking Alpha
A series of adverse jury verdicts has delivered a direct blow to the legal defenses of Meta Platforms and Google, signaling a potential shift in the courtroom battlefield for Big Tech. These setbacks move beyond regulatory threats and into the realm of tangible legal liability, applying immediate pressure on the founda...
The Lab · 2026-04-03 22:56:52 · TechCrunch
The anonymous social app Fizz launched in Saudi Arabia with little fanfare, only to see its user base catch fire in a way that surprised its own founder and CEO, Teddy Solomon. This rapid, unanticipated adoption in a market with distinct cultural and regulatory frameworks immediately raises questions about the platform...
The Lab · 2026-04-05 16:26:54 · The Verge
Suno, the AI music generation platform, is facing a critical exposure: its copyright safeguards are failing. The company's policy explicitly forbids users from inputting copyrighted material to generate music, but its filters are proving to be alarmingly porous. With minimal technical effort, users can trick the system...
The Network · 2026-04-07 11:57:05 · Protos
Statistician Nate Silver has leveled a direct accusation that X's algorithm is 'rigged,' using a data visualization to show that engagement for prominent right-leaning accounts dramatically overshadows that of major left-leaning institutions. The analysis, sourced from Cluvio, maps year-to-date activity, depicting 'red...