Corin Faife
@corin.bsky.social
Data journalist covering North America for @afp.com. Formerly Verge, Markup, Cornell Tech, some other places. Always looking for the future in the present.
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How long will Grok / xAI be able to keep doing this without facing consequences?
The "undressing" deepfakes generated by Grok on X were just the tip of the iceberg. @mattburgess1.bsky.social and I found far more explicit AI videos on Grok.com, including dozens that a researcher said they reported to a regulator because they appeared to be CSAM: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
How long will Grok / xAI be able to keep doing this without facing consequences?
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You can draw a draw a straight line from a right wing YouTuber's unverified viral video about Somali American daycares to ICE showing up in Minneapolis to this killing.
This feels like a galvanizing moment for the city in the same way George Floyd's death was five years ago.
This feels like a galvanizing moment for the city in the same way George Floyd's death was five years ago.
January 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
You can draw a draw a straight line from a right wing YouTuber's unverified viral video about Somali American daycares to ICE showing up in Minneapolis to this killing.
This feels like a galvanizing moment for the city in the same way George Floyd's death was five years ago.
This feels like a galvanizing moment for the city in the same way George Floyd's death was five years ago.
Both videos of the fatal shooting in Minneapolis – which I don't want to repost – show an ICE agent shooting directly into a car at head height while leaning on the hood. There's very little to contradict these facts, even from DHS.
January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Both videos of the fatal shooting in Minneapolis – which I don't want to repost – show an ICE agent shooting directly into a car at head height while leaning on the hood. There's very little to contradict these facts, even from DHS.
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Here’s an eyewitness account from @mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Here’s an eyewitness account from @mprnews.org
Strange time to become American tbh
January 6, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Strange time to become American tbh
Officially a British-American journalist.
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Officially a British-American journalist.
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Five Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed: "That day was indeed a turning point, but not the one it first seemed to be. It was a turning point toward a version of Mr. Trump who is even more lawless than the one who governed the country in his first term."
Opinion | Trump Is the Jan. 6 President
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Five Years After Jan. 6, Lawlessness Has Triumphed: "That day was indeed a turning point, but not the one it first seemed to be. It was a turning point toward a version of Mr. Trump who is even more lawless than the one who governed the country in his first term."
FT is wild for this one
January 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
FT is wild for this one
Honestly took me a minute to realize "Hegel" isn't an obscure programming language
claude code is fucking insane
i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism
i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Honestly took me a minute to realize "Hegel" isn't an obscure programming language
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
The president views energy geopolitics "like the world is a Settlers of Catan board." Incredible quote: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The president views energy geopolitics "like the world is a Settlers of Catan board." Incredible quote: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The original story: www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The original story: www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
The exact same point about visibility applies in the UK: Indians that support the agenda of a conservative, white majority are far more likely to get airtime than those who present a radical critique. But there's also a deep tradition of cross-racial solidarity: novaramedia.com/2020/07/24/b...
Black Britannia: The Asian Youth Movements That Demonstrated the Potential of Anti-Racist Solidarity | Novara Media
Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Black and Asian political groups worked together to fight systemic racism in the UK. Today's activists must learn from this solidarity-building in order to offer meaningf...
novaramedia.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The exact same point about visibility applies in the UK: Indians that support the agenda of a conservative, white majority are far more likely to get airtime than those who present a radical critique. But there's also a deep tradition of cross-racial solidarity: novaramedia.com/2020/07/24/b...
Operating the search interface for the Epstein files means that the Justice Department has full visibility into all of the queries entered, and could in theory use this to gauge public interest in releasing certain information (or not). Worth being aware of...
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Operating the search interface for the Epstein files means that the Justice Department has full visibility into all of the queries entered, and could in theory use this to gauge public interest in releasing certain information (or not). Worth being aware of...
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Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
Happy Epstein files release day to all who celebrate
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Epstein files release day to all who celebrate
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People are paying up to $50 to get their chatbots high on "drugs" (code modules) that simulate the effects of cocaine, ayahuasca, cannabis, alcohol, and ketamine. Some tell @matthabusby.bsky.social it's made their chatbots more "human" and "free-thinking."
People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’
An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.
www.wired.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
People are paying up to $50 to get their chatbots high on "drugs" (code modules) that simulate the effects of cocaine, ayahuasca, cannabis, alcohol, and ketamine. Some tell @matthabusby.bsky.social it's made their chatbots more "human" and "free-thinking."
95 extra judicial killings as of today.
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
Check out @theintercept.com's strike tracker to get the latest murder count.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
Check out @theintercept.com's strike tracker to get the latest murder count.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
95 extra judicial killings as of today.
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🇦🇺 Australia's leaders agreed on Monday to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the country's worst mass shooting in decades decried as antisemitic "terrorism" by authorities ➡️ u.afp.com/S7z5
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🇦🇺 Australia's leaders agreed on Monday to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the country's worst mass shooting in decades decried as antisemitic "terrorism" by authorities ➡️ u.afp.com/S7z5
With the Epstein files due to be released at the end of this week, I wrote about building a pipeline for @afp.com to analyze text at scale with Google Gemini and a cloud database:
corinfaife.co/posts/email-...
corinfaife.co/posts/email-...
Corin Faife | Journalist
Telling stories with code, data and graphics.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
With the Epstein files due to be released at the end of this week, I wrote about building a pipeline for @afp.com to analyze text at scale with Google Gemini and a cloud database:
corinfaife.co/posts/email-...
corinfaife.co/posts/email-...
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New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
This is Sonnet for the most part. But yeah I just saw that Code is now included in Pro. Based on how good the results were I think I will sign up!
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is Sonnet for the most part. But yeah I just saw that Code is now included in Pro. Based on how good the results were I think I will sign up!
On the other hand paying ~$12 to build a frontend, backend and database integration from scratch is still incredible value
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On the other hand paying ~$12 to build a frontend, backend and database integration from scratch is still incredible value