AI is about to turn the internet into a total nightmare

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AI bots and AI-generated content are flooding the internet with spam, scams, and misinformation. And it's making it a nightmare to be online.

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Elon Musk's flashing X sign at Twitter headquarters resulted in $4,447 of fines which the landlord paid, report says

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The X sign on top of the company's headquarters.

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Mark Zuckerberg says he's ready to fight Elon Musk 'today,' but the X CEO hasn't confirmed a fight date: 'Not holding my breath.'

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Mark Zuckerberg's first tweet in a decade was a Spider-Man meme referencing the launch of Threads.

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Elon Musk says X will pay the legal fees of users who are 'unfairly treated' by their boss for liking or posting content on the platform

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Elon Musk.

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An X user with 455,000 followers had his handle 'ripped' away by Elon Musk's company as part of its rebrand from Twitter

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Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users

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We’re only a month out since Meta released its Instagram-tied Twitter-killer app Threads. Since then, the time users spent on the app has tanked.

Elon Musk has a plan to create a hub on X for users to trade stocks, report says

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Elon Musk.

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Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Their Checkmark of Shame

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Twitter—which Elon Musk has desperately tried to convince users is now called “X”—wants users to display their $8 a month blue checkmark prominently on their page.

Toymaker Mattel says it will pay someone nearly $18,000 to play and promote its new Uno game

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Uno cards.

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Facebook and Instagram Begin Their Canadian News Blackout

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Well, they actually did it.

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