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I play with images on the puter
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Felipe Pepe has a pretty good write up on the Chinese rpg scene, he's writing a whole book on games outside the western mainstream:

felipepepe.medium.com/before-gensh...

Game is Legend of the Chivalrous Hero 3
Before Genshin Impact: A brief history of Chinese RPGs
If you were interested in learning about movies, music, poetry or any art form from China, you could easily find hundreds of books…
felipepepe.medium.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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(And yes I think they did this shit on purpose to make people less likely to turn it off.)
Heads-up, several legitimately useful things with absolutely no reason to be related to google's gemini "AI"— e.g. Reply Nudges, Package Tracking, & Spell Check— are bundled under "smart features."

I'm not saying don't turn it off, I'm saying be aware of to what you may need to again pay attention.
Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?

That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM