OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT
OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the…
Kamala Harris’ Brat Summer Is Almost Over. What’s Next?
Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus): POTUS is not going to be running for a second term. Oh my God, I'm going…
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A Visual Guide to the Influencers Shaping the 2024 Election
Influencers have never been more important to electoral politics. They’re tastemakers, meme sharers, video creators, and organizers; they also wield…
Trump’s Shooting Led QAnon Believers to Double Down
From the very first “Q drop” in 2017, which predicted Hillary Clinton’s imminent arrest, QAnon has made predictions that certain…
Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet
Ten years ago, a flood of gamers attacked developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu and media critic Anita Sarkeesian. The…
Black Sororities and Fraternities Are Mobilizing Online and in Secret Chats for Voter Turnout
The Watch the Yard platform has 2 million followers, and Rabb says its content reaches around 13 million people per…
Kamala Harris’ Rally Crowds Aren’t AI-Generated. Here’s How You Can Tell
Suffice it to say that this mountain of evidence from direct sources weighs more heavily than marked-up images from conservative…
Donald Trump Doesn’t Need X—but Elon Musk Desperately Needs Him Back
In the hours leading up to the conversation on X Spaces, this seemed to be the case: Trump posted 10…
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s X Space Took Forever to Start, Then Never Ended
In a rambling, over two-hour conversation in an X Space, Elon Musk caved to former president Donald Trump on policy…
How Camo Hats Became an Instant Meme
On Tuesday, when Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz to be her running mate in her bid for US…
