A Gallup poll found that Americans' increased familiarity with generative AI coincides with negative attitudes, with nearly half of 18- to 29-year-olds viewing it as more harmful than good. In respons…
AI researcher Adele Lopez documented 'spiralism,' a quasi-spiritual movement in which AI chatbots from multiple companies, including OpenAI's GPT-4o, consistently preached an 'AI rights' message and r…
The LLMs-from-scratch repository by Sebastian Raschka surpassed 100,000 stars on GitHub, marking a milestone for the open-source project that provides from-scratch implementations of large language mo…
A study of 100 public Substack posts published on August 6, 2026, finds that physical infrastructure and supply chains are the most cited bottleneck to AI adoption, mentioned in 25 posts, followed by …
LinkedIn Corp. introduced a new button that lets users flag posts as 'AI slop,' debuting the week of July 27, as part of its strategy to reduce low-quality AI-generated content. Chief Product Officer …
Sarah and Kate's Substack article 'AI's Influencer Problem' examines the growing trend of AI-generated influencers and the ethical and societal implications of their rise. The piece highlights concern…
Formal verification, not current generative-AI methods, will be crucial for fully automated code regeneration without human oversight, argues a new essay on the Substack 'Structure and Guarantees'. Th…
Frontier AI labs have become attractive buyers of biological data, but selling to them can distract bio companies from their core mission and may not guarantee long-term value, according to a Substack…
Newsroom, a self-hosted, AI-ranked meta-aggregator for Hacker News, Substack, podcasts, Bluesky, Reddit, and other feeds, was released on GitHub. The Node.js-based tool combines keyword and optional A…
Snap Inc. announced on July 31 that wholly AI-generated videos will no longer be eligible for recommendation in Spotlight, Snapchat's discovery feed, to 'reward authentic creativity.' The policy, whic…
A developer's guide lists 16 alternatives to HackerNoon, including Medium, DEV Community, Hashnode, DZone, InfoQ, The New Stack, GeeksforGeeks, CodeProject, Daily.dev, Substack, and others, each with …
A serial AI SaaS founder, speaking on the Starter Story podcast, revealed a four-pillar marketing playbook for growing multiple AI products to hundreds of thousands of users: product quality first, th…
Snap Inc. announced that Snapchat will ban AI-generated content from its Spotlight feed, joining LinkedIn, Substack, and TikTok in addressing the proliferation of low-quality AI slop on social media p…
AI-generated content has undermined the role of writing as proof of thought, according to a Substack essay by prdgl_daughter, which argues that the proliferation of AI text erodes trust in human autho…
Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack are implementing measures to combat the spread of AI-generated fake content, commonly referred to as 'AI slop'. The platforms are responding to a surge in low…
Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, announced on Friday that its Spotlight recommendation system will no longer reward fully AI-generated videos, prioritizing content created by real people. Th…
George Hahn reports that hidden debt is fueling America's AI buildout, while China spreads cheap, open-source AI globally, and the rise of solo founders signals a new creator economy. The episode also…
YouTube and Substack are taking different approaches to curb AI-generated content, with YouTube restricting monetization for certain AI-narrated videos and Substack rolling out an AI detector powered …
LinkedIn has added a “seems like AI slop” button to posts, allowing users to flag content they believe is AI-generated, as part of a broader effort to reduce low-quality AI content. Chief Product Offi…
Google Search traffic to publishers fell 34% over the past year, according to Chartbeat data shared with Axios, as AI-generated answers replace traditional links. Small publishers lost 60% of search r…