Katelyn
@katelynched.bsky.social
Tech reporter at @cnet.com covering AI. UNC alum. NC born and raised. Big fan of words.
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charli xcx starting a substack was not on my 2025 bingo card
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
charli xcx starting a substack was not on my 2025 bingo card
Big thanks to @jondreed.bsky.social for creating this beaut of a headline www.cnet.com/tech/service...
You Can Use an AI Clone of Matthew McConaughey's Voice, if He Says It's 'Alright, Alright, Alright'
Michael Caine, Maya Angelou, Judy Garland, Alan Turing, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Babe Ruth are other AI voices available to license through ElevenLabs.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
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AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
There are a lot of things I wouldn’t pay for but I would probably pay Meta at this point to turn off the friend bubbles that cover up every single post on my Instagram feed
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There are a lot of things I wouldn’t pay for but I would probably pay Meta at this point to turn off the friend bubbles that cover up every single post on my Instagram feed
Why can't we just normalize purses and bags for everyone www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
The iPhone Pocket Is the Apple Accessory You Never Saw Coming
Just in time for chilly weather, it's knitwear for your iPhone.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Why can't we just normalize purses and bags for everyone www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
OpenAI's looking for someone to sell Sora to film and TV studios, and it's willing to pay $370k plus equity. In case anyone was wondering about the company's AI video endgame: openai.com/careers/part...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
OpenAI's looking for someone to sell Sora to film and TV studios, and it's willing to pay $370k plus equity. In case anyone was wondering about the company's AI video endgame: openai.com/careers/part...
New career goal unlocked: To write something as impactful as the Vogue Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? article
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New career goal unlocked: To write something as impactful as the Vogue Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? article
There has been a lot of Adobe news this week, but this really seems to be the most important, since this feature got the loudest reaction from the keynote audience www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Photoshop's New AI Assistant Can Rename All Your Layers So You Don't Have To
The chatbot-like AI assistant isn't out yet, but there is at least one practical way to use it.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There has been a lot of Adobe news this week, but this really seems to be the most important, since this feature got the loudest reaction from the keynote audience www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.
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Adobe's AI Makes It Quicker Than Ever to Edit Your Photos. I Got an Early Look
All the Adobe research projects transform time-intensive manual photo edits into a few easy clicks.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Got an early, exclusive first look at Adobe’s upcoming photography AI research projects. And you need to see them to believe them.
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Sora changed the deepfake game. It's nearly impossible to tell AI-generated videos from real ones, but there are some things you can keep an eye out for.
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The Deepfakes Are Winning. How Can You Tell if a Video Is Real or Sora AI?
There's no one foolproof way to tell if a video is real or made with Sora. But there are things you can look for to try and bolster your odds.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sora changed the deepfake game. It's nearly impossible to tell AI-generated videos from real ones, but there are some things you can keep an eye out for.
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just got a PR pitch offering a guy as a source, he "gave up on real-life relationships long ago" for AI companions because "with women's expectations too high and no fair reward for keeping up" there's no point.
these men are not lonely enough
these men are not lonely enough
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
just got a PR pitch offering a guy as a source, he "gave up on real-life relationships long ago" for AI companions because "with women's expectations too high and no fair reward for keeping up" there's no point.
these men are not lonely enough
these men are not lonely enough
SAG-AFTRA and several talent agencies join the slew of folks concerned about Sora's ability to create realistic-looking AI videos of celebrities and public figures www.cnet.com/tech/service...
OpenAI Says It's Working With Actors to Crack Down on Celebrity Deepfakes in Sora
Bryan Cranston alerted SAG-AFTRA, the actors' union, when he saw AI-generated videos of himself made with the AI video app.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
SAG-AFTRA and several talent agencies join the slew of folks concerned about Sora's ability to create realistic-looking AI videos of celebrities and public figures www.cnet.com/tech/service...
send me good vibes I'm trying to test AI video generators on my 2018 MacBook and it is... not going well
October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
send me good vibes I'm trying to test AI video generators on my 2018 MacBook and it is... not going well
who could've possibly predicted this would happen
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OpenAI Pauses Sora AI Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. as 'Inappropriate' Deepfakes Flood the App
The video fakery ranged from weird takes of King rapping to overtly racist content.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
who could've possibly predicted this would happen
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Really exciting news for all the parents who try to touch your MacBook screen and get their hands politely swatted away
NEW: Apple’s next MacBook Pro revamp with a touchscreen will be slimmer, lighter, have the M6 chip, use OLED and likely be pricier. One other new feature: the Notch is going away in favor of something new. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Readies High-End MacBook Pro With Touch, Hole-Punch Screen
Apple Inc. is preparing to finally launch a touch-screen version of its Mac computer, reversing course on a stance that dates back to co-founder Steve Jobs.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Really exciting news for all the parents who try to touch your MacBook screen and get their hands politely swatted away
Venmo groups to split expenses is *life changing* wdym we can all upload what we paid for, split them as needed and Venmo does all the math for us?
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Venmo groups to split expenses is *life changing* wdym we can all upload what we paid for, split them as needed and Venmo does all the math for us?
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Meta updates Reels on Facebook to prioritize showing fresher and more-relevant content, and adds AI search suggestions and friend bubbles like on Instagram (Katelyn Chedraoui/CNET)
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October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Meta updates Reels on Facebook to prioritize showing fresher and more-relevant content, and adds AI search suggestions and friend bubbles like on Instagram (Katelyn Chedraoui/CNET)
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A new Taylor Swift album, same old people dying to ruin other people's fun for no reason other than they hate joy and girlhood
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A new Taylor Swift album, same old people dying to ruin other people's fun for no reason other than they hate joy and girlhood
I spent time using OpenAI's new deepfake, whoops, sorry, AI, social media app Sora so you don't have to.
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OpenAI's Sora Social Media App Is an AI Deepfake Fever Dream
The new Sora 2 video model takes AI slop to the next, scarier level: Deepfakes, available for free to anyone using the app.
www.cnet.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I spent time using OpenAI's new deepfake, whoops, sorry, AI, social media app Sora so you don't have to.
www.cnet.com/tech/service...
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Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
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They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
This AI did the near-impossible: It told me I was wrong and disagreed with me. And I loved it. Why we need more AI like Disagree Bot:
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I Used an AI Chatbot Built to Disagree With Me. It Showed Me How Sycophantic ChatGPT Is
Disagree Bot was a refreshing break from other AI chatbots.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This AI did the near-impossible: It told me I was wrong and disagreed with me. And I loved it. Why we need more AI like Disagree Bot:
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This is even funnier when you know Merriam-Webster's parent company Encyclopedia Britannica is suing Perplexity and literally cited the definition of plagiarism being plagiarzed in the lawsuit
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is even funnier when you know Merriam-Webster's parent company Encyclopedia Britannica is suing Perplexity and literally cited the definition of plagiarism being plagiarzed in the lawsuit
Been thinking a lot about AI sycophancy and why it's not always good when AI hypes us up and validates our worst ideas. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
The Hidden Dangers of the Digital 'Yes Man': How to Push Back Against Sycophantic AI
AI like ChatGPT and Gemini tend to agree with our worst ideas. It's a bigger problem than you may think.
www.cnet.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Been thinking a lot about AI sycophancy and why it's not always good when AI hypes us up and validates our worst ideas. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
This is actually the funniest possible thing OpenAI could’ve written as people use its new social media app
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is actually the funniest possible thing OpenAI could’ve written as people use its new social media app
OpenAI's new social media app will "prioritize human connection" by only creating and sharing AI-generated videos www.cnet.com/tech/service...
OpenAI's New Social Media App Will Be All AI Videos, Thanks to New Sora 2 Model
The invite-only social media app will let you put yourself or your friends into AI-generated videos.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
OpenAI's new social media app will "prioritize human connection" by only creating and sharing AI-generated videos www.cnet.com/tech/service...