Snapchat is the latest platform to turn against AI slop

Snapchat will stop recommending fully AI-generated Spotlight videos as more platforms crack down on low-quality AI content. [...]

Is Myspace coming back? Owners confirm relaunch plans

Myspace owners Chris and Tim Vanderhook plan to relaunch the platform, but no launch date or product details are available. [...]

Is Troy actually good? The Odyssey has viewers reconsidering

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has viewers revisiting Brad Pitt’s 2004 epic Troy. [...]

People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It

The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED. [...]

What Google Glass has taught us one year in

Google opened up its now iconic Glass for sales to a limited number of “Explorers” just over a year ago, and is allowing the general public to purchase Glass for $1,500 for one day only today. Lik [...]

Austerity-stricken Brits drown their sorrows in American candy

Cultural exports often take the shape of a nation’s pride, pushing high culture or value-added products to other countries’ consumers. Think high-performance cars from Germany, Danish furniture, S [...]

The rise of the Computational Class

Should Mitt Romney manage to collect 270 electoral votes in November and win the White House, he will have achieved something novel. Yes, he will be the first Mormon to win the presidency. He will als [...]

OpenAI’s first brand trip puts influencers in the hot seat

OpenAI invited creators to a Hudson Valley retreat, sparking criticism over AI’s environmental impact and influencer marketing. [...]

An AI-supervised remote exam went so badly that 58,000 students must retake it

Top scores increased by 5x. [...]