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AI Is Breaking Our Brains

51 min • 12 februari 2025

This week we discuss a new Microsoft study that finds using generative AI is "atrophying" people's cognition and critical thinking skills and the right's war on Wikipedia.

AI Is Breaking Our Brains

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The Life Changing Power of Lifting (feat. Casey Johnston)

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Feds Flew Predator Drones Over The LA Protests

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ICE's Backdoor Into a Nationwide AI Surveillance Network

AI Slop Summer

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The Trump Admin's Signal Clone Was Hacked

Meta's AI Chatbots Are a Disaster

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The Websites An ICE Contractor is Monitoring

We're Not Ready for Chinese AI Video Generators

The Tesla Protests Come for Cybertruck Owners

The Rise of AI Book Ripoffs

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AI Is Breaking Our Brains

Inside Musk’s Government Takeover

The Truth Behind DeepSeek

Pornhub Exec Discusses Pulling Out of the South, Trad Wives, and Feet Pics

TikTok and the Tech Oligarchy

Total Chaos at Meta

Meta Goes Mask Off

The 404 Media Year in Review

Why We Cover AI the Way We Do

The New Jersey Drone Panic

3D Printed Guns and UnitedHealthcare

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The Plan to Use AI to Purge Voter Rolls

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How Politician Turned Advocate Susanna Gibson Battles Non-Consensual Imagery

How the U.S. Government Tracks Your Phone

Why the WordPress Chaos Matters

The Smart Glasses That Dox Strangers

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AI Companies Are Opting You In By Default

Telegram is Working With the Cops

Hezbollah's Exploding Pagers

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The Arrest of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov

A Whirlwind Tour of DEF CON

How Taylor Swift Could Sue Trump for AI Images

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Replacing 404 Media with AI

AI Celebs Take Over Google Image Search

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A Massive Google Leak

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Your Phone's Location is Exposed

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Facebook is the 'Zombie Internet'

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The Wild World of Fake AI Influencers

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