We're reading: How Facebook's AI 'Shrimp Jesus' is creating a zombie internet

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Shrimp Jesus, a generative AI image on Facebook
Jesus comes in multiple crustacean forms on the generative AI Facebook page called Love God &God Love You.

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Meta's Oversight Board is planning to make 'targeted cuts'

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Meta's Oversight Board is preparing to conduct layoffs.

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Elon Musk got called an 'egotistical billionaire' by a top Australian politician in the latest beef over free speech and censorship on X

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Elon Musk.

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Bluesky is finally open to everyone. But will anyone come? We ask its CEO.

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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says the platform now has 3 million users.

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Elon Musk plans to build a new content moderation center for X in Austin

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X has plans to hire 100 people for a new content moderation center in Austin.

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Substack takes a halfsies approach to banning Nazis

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Substack is facing criticism for not removing or demonetizing Nazi blogs.

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A YouTuber was shocked that an account impersonating him had more followers. It highlights a big problem with social media.

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Carter Smith, who realized a fake account impersonating him had 20,000 more followers than his own.

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A new California law regulating online content moderation will force X to reveal how it reviews hate speech

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Since Musk's $44 billion takeover of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, he declared himself a "free speech absolutist."

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Substack's Nazi problem isn't about speech — it's about money

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Substack is facing criticism for not removing or demonetizing Nazi blogs.

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This report on teens having to view horrific material to train AI is a really sad read

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Some teen workers who are labeling data to train AI are earning as little as $1 to $2 an hour, and are being exposed to concerning images and text, according to a Wired report.

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