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Creator IShowSpeed is not a big fan of AI deepfakes — and he's not the only one.

During a recent livestream, the streamer with more than 45 million YouTube followers watched several Sora 2 videos featuring deepfakes of himself laughing, coming out as gay ("No no chat, this is not real. This is actually AI"), kissing a fan, racing a cheetah, and visiting Nepal ("Look, bro. I haven’t even been to

Amazon has published a lengthy report about the outage that knocked numerous websites, services, apps and games offline on October 20. It all started with a bug in its automation software DynamoDB, where its AWS customers store their data, which then triggered more issues in its other systems that relied on the software. 

As Amazon explains, DynamoDB maintains hundreds of thousands of DNS records

• Social Security beneficiaries will get 2.8% more in benefits next year.
• The increase, based on third-quarter inflation data, will impact millions of older Americans.
• The Social Security Administration said that will shake out to around $56 more monthly.

America's retirees will get an extra $56 in their

• Meagan Cignoli uses Kindred for affordable, flexible home-swapping travel worldwide.
• Kindred allows non-consecutive swaps, where you pay a service fee and for cleaning.
• Kindred's insurance and cleaning services enhance the home-swapping experience for members.

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In recent weeks, OpenAI has signed blockbuster deals with AMD and Broadcom to build vast numbers of AI chips. Much of the focus has been on the financial implications, since OpenAI will need hundreds of billions of dollars to make good on its promises. As important as it is to look at the quite implausible financials, we also need to look at the broader implications for the industry. Like, the

• Horror-film villains become nightmare fuel for kids for decades.
• Some villains like Freddy, Jason, and Ghostface have multiple films to get under your skin.
• Others, like Annie from "Misery" or Jack from "The Shining," only needed one movie.

At a time when the box office can be hit-or-miss (see