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AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Told Me That ‘All Lives Matter’

Hype Machine

AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Told Me That ‘All Lives Matter’

The virtual character, which is promoting its upcoming movie Misaligned, tries to evade politics by repetitively commenting on the clothes you’re wearing.

Miles Klee

The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank

Data Grab

The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank

Vittoria Elliott

The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms

Elections

The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms

David Gilbert

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Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

Deep Trouble

Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe

Matt Burgess

The Trump Alien ‘Disclosure Speech’ Rumors Are Reaching a Fever Pitch

Galaxy Brain

The Trump Alien ‘Disclosure Speech’ Rumors Are Reaching a Fever Pitch

Nathaniel Janowitz

Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever

Rabbit Hole

Charlie Kirk Was Shot a Year Ago. The Conspiracy Theories Are More Rampant Than Ever

David Gilbert

A Teen Girl’s Death Is Prompting Calls to Ban Choking in Porn

Chokehold

A Teen Girl’s Death Is Prompting Calls to Ban Choking in Porn

Kat Tenbarge

Trump Probably Won’t Give $5,000 to Every US Adult if Republicans Win the Midterms

Hot Air

Trump Probably Won’t Give $5,000 to Every US Adult if Republicans Win the Midterms

Hugo Lowell

A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms

Inner Loop

A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms

Hugo Lowell

MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom

The Big Interview

MS NOW Wants to Turn Its Viewers Into a Fandom

Katie Drummond

A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions

Bad Data

A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions

Vittoria Elliott and David Gilbert

Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’

Content Mill

Gen AI Tools Are Now Being Used to Push ‘Slop Jihad’

David Gilbert

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can’t Quit

Power Play

Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can’t Quit

Molly Taft

DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover

Toga! Toga!

DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover

Vittoria Elliott

Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations

Inner Loop

Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations

Hugo Lowell

ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

ICEd Out

ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

David Gilbert

George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban

Blocked and Reported

George Santos Just Got Hit With Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban

Kate Knibbs

Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

Immigration

Milo Yiannopoulos Detained by ICE in Louisiana

Miles Klee

Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart

Structural Problems

Mice, a Caved-In Ceiling, and Cloudy Water: The GSA’s New Office Is Falling Apart

Zoë Schiffer

There Are So Many Conspiracy Theories About Dolly Parton and Vaccines

Vaccine Vaccine Vaccine

There Are So Many Conspiracy Theories About Dolly Parton and Vaccines

David Gilbert

How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Network Effect

How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations

Caroline Haskins

A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic

Back in Business

A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic

Hugo Lowell

Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash

Livestream AMA

Livestream Replay: The Great Data Center Backlash

Tim Marchman, Maxwell Zeff, Molly Taft, and Hugo Lowell