Memes
AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving
AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving AI-generated political videos are becoming increasingly common in American politics, often used to create memes and stir emotions rather than deceive or persuade. The use of AI-generated videos is largely driven by social media platforms’ algorithms that prioritize content that stirs emotions, […]
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‘Holy shit’: Gemini 3 is winning the AI race — for now
‘Holy shit’: Gemini 3 is winning the AI race — for now Gemini 3, a new AI model from Google, has been released to widespread fanfare and is already making waves in the industry. The model has surpassed competitors’ products on various benchmarks and is currently topping the charts on LMArena, a crowdsourced AI evaluation […]
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Let’s all do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s mean posts
Let’s all do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s mean posts Donald Trump and Elon Musk are publicly feuding on social media after Musk made critical comments about the EV tax credit bill. Musk had previously promised to donate $100 million to a Trump-owned PAC, but has yet to fulfill this commitment. Trump responded […]
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Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence
Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence A recent study by William Theisen et al. found that a surge of manipulated images and memes on social media can precede international and political violence, serving as strong indicators of coming mass violence. The researchers analyzed nearly 6 […]
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OpenAI’s Studio Ghibli Style Generated Images Flood Social Media with Memes
OpenAI’s Studio Ghibli Style Generated Images Flood Social Media with Memes OpenAI’s GPT-4o image generation tool has flooded social media with memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, forcing OpenAI to implement a rate limit on image requests. The newly improved tool allows users to generate images in various styles, including realistic ones that can […]
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