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Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot we caught telling businesses to break the law

New York mayor says terminating the ‘unusable’ bot will help close a budget gap

January 30, 2026 12:00 p.m. UTC

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We posted a job. Then came the AI slop, impersonator and recruiter scam

Red flags that both job seekers and employers should watch for, in an era of AI slop and application scams

January 24, 2026 8:00 a.m. UTC

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How we tested and evaluated AI-generated dance videos

None of the videos produced by the leading AI platforms showed the actual dances we requested.

January 21, 2026 8:30 a.m. UTC

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Generative AI is eating culture. See how close it’s getting to disrupting dance

Dancers say their craft can’t be duplicated by AI. Our tests show they’re right — for now.

January 21, 2026 8:30 a.m. UTC

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California investigates Elon Musk’s AI company after ‘avalanche’ of complaints about sexual content

Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office is looking into whether a new AI image editing tool from Elon Musk's company violates California law.

January 14, 2026 4:15 p.m. UTC

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Trump orders crackdown on state AI regulation. Here's why California is hardest hit

Since 2016, California enacted more AI regulations than any other state. The president's new order against such laws worries state officials.

December 11, 2025 8:45 p.m. UTC

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His students suddenly started getting A’s. Did a Google AI tool go too far?

Some teachers say that AI tools, particularly Google Lens, have made it impossible to enforce academic integrity in the classroom — with potentially harmful long-term effects on students’ learning.

November 9, 2025 8:00 a.m. UTC

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Should Lyft and Uber charge more if your battery is low? California may soon ban that

California lawmakers want to ban companies from using data about consumers’ devices like battery life, model and geolocation to set fluctuating prices. Proponents say such “surveillance pricing” is discriminatory.

August 4, 2025 8:30 a.m. UTC

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AI is helping students be more independent, but the isolation could be career poison

Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success.

July 16, 2025 1:00 p.m. UTC

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California's fire protection agency made an AI chatbot. It can’t answer one crucial question

The bot fails at some basic questions about fires. Cal Fire says it is working on fixes.

July 9, 2025 8:30 a.m. UTC