How X turned old bot data into a story about a national threat from China
2026-09-05
How a post about bots on X — first identified in December 2025 — created alarm about Chinese influence on U.S. social media.Continue Reading
How eager-to-please AI chatbots create an echo chamber for narcissism
2026-09-02
A new study finds that chatbots can create an “echo chamber for one,” reinforcing narcissistic and Machevellian personality traitsContinue Reading
Scholar slop? How hallucinated research citations pollute crucial academic databases
2026-09-02
Citations are the currency of academic impact. Now, AI-generated fake papers are artificially inflating those numbers online.Continue Reading
Is Long Beach ready for a floating nuclear power plant? Here’s what to know
2026-08-28
How a tiny startup plans to float nuclear reactors off Long Beach to keep the lights onContinue Reading
Behind the cover: Drawing the ‘landscape of conversation’
2026-08-28
Artist Armando Veve illuminates his process of world-building by pencil. The post Behind the cover: Drawing the ‘landscape of conversation’ appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Audiences love this ‘Bama Rush’ influencer — does it matter if she’s AI?
2026-08-27
The reveal of a Bama Rushtok AI influencer asks an important question – does it matter if the creators on your screen are not real people?Continue Reading
In Chicago ERs, Extreme Heat’s Toll Goes Far Beyond the Obvious
2026-08-26
New research finds a wide range of medical emergencies spiked during heat waves in recent years. By Keerti Gopal CHICAGO—Extreme heat is filling up emergency rooms, and not just with heat stroke victims. Continue Reading
La Tomatina 2026: thousands turn Spanish town red in annual tomato fight
2026-08-26
Thousands of revellers pelted each other with up to 165 tonnes of overripe tomatoes in the Spanish town of Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina festival., Read MoreContinue Reading
Reverting to a past era? Nonsense AI story ideas prompt news editor to create a phone-only pitching rule
2026-08-24
With her pitch inbox filling up with AI slop, Hanna Raskin created a phone line for journalists, allowing her to vet their reporting skills.Continue Reading
How Wikipedia vandals convinced Google that Sam Altman was dead
2026-08-18
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was falsely listed as dead in Google search results after Wikipedia vandals edited his public profile.Continue Reading