The Pope’s Warnings About AI Were AI-Generated, a Detection Tool Claims

But according to AI detection software developed by Pangram Labs—which claims an accuracy rate of 99.98 percent and a false ...

The OpenClaw creator on the moment AI changed everything

Peter Steinberger stared at his phone during a trip in Morocco. He had just made a product that would take Silicon Valley by ...
Mashable

Reddit addresses bot problems, ID verification

Reddit will verify if some users are human, but won't cross reference their ID with their Reddit account. Credit: Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images Reddit CEO Steve Huffman caused a stir when ...
The New York Times

Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network Just for A.I. Bots

Matt Schlicht, the site’s creator, helped kick off Silicon Valley’s obsession with artificial intelligence agents. Two months later, he is joining the Meta Superintelligence Lab. By Cade Metz ...
Polygon

Epic Games warns Fortnite players about bot-controlled V-bucks scams

It's been a rough couple of months for Fortnite fans since Epic Games enabled creative island creators to offer in-game transactions. Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of the drama centers on a single ...
TechSpot

Microsoft blocks the word 'Microslop' in Copilot Discord, and the server melts down

Facepalm: Microsoft's latest PR headache didn't come from Windows 11 updates or a Copilot feature rollout, but from a more unlikely source... its own Discord community. A temporary moderation rule in ...
CNET

After Backlash, Discord Will Delay Age Verification Changes to Its Platform

In a lengthy blog post from its CTO and co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord announced it will delay and refine changes to the way the company handles content and communications for younger users ...
Engadget

Discord delays age verification to address user concerns

Earlier this month, Discord said it would be enacting an age verification policy. The platform faced some initial concerns from users about turning over their IDs and personal information, ...
9to5Mac

Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now

Earlier this month, Discord faced significant pushback from its users after announcing plans for a global age verification rollout. As originally communicated, starting in March Discord users would ...
Yahoo

Discord distances itself from Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found on a Google Cloud endpoint

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persona, partially funded by Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund, continues to provide age verification services for OpenAI, ...
Kotaku

Discord Says It Knows You Don’t Want Age-Verification Requirements But It’s Rolling Them Out Anyway After A Short Delay

Discord hears you. It gets your concerns. It wants to win back your trust. That’s the message from cofounder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy, who announced the company’s controversial new ...
Inc

A Surge of Strange Bot Traffic From China Has Website Owners Alarmed. Here’s What It Means for Your Data

Website owners are reporting a sharp spike in the number of bots visiting their platforms in recent months. While the bots’ function is unclear, experts say they could represent an attempt to scrape ...