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As someone who gets lots of local history queries, can confirm there's been a big increase in people starting their history research with GenAI/LLM (which just spews out fake facts and hallucinated rubbish) who then wonder why they can't find anything at all to corroborate it.
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As someone who gets lots of local history queries, can confirm there's been a big increase in people starting their history research with GenAI/LLM (which just spews out fake facts and hallucinated rubbish) who then wonder why they can't find anything at all to corroborate it.
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Yes it happened to me 🫠, I went to a bookstore for a totally plausible old French metaphor book mentioned by ChatGPT a year ago, only to discover that it does not exist.
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Yes it happened to me 🫠, I went to a bookstore for a totally plausible old French metaphor book mentioned by ChatGPT a year ago, only to discover that it does not exist.
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Like, if you take it in a vacuum it makes it look like an official statement but in context it is very clearly not
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Like, if you take it in a vacuum it makes it look like an official statement but in context it is very clearly not
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Seems noteworthy that the apology that Grok made about generating CSAM isn’t an official statement but a prompted one
January 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Seems noteworthy that the apology that Grok made about generating CSAM isn’t an official statement but a prompted one
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Just like we were going to be on Mars by [checks notes] New Years 2026.
Stop just breathlessly reporting their every utterance uncritically and unanalyzed.
Stop just breathlessly reporting their every utterance uncritically and unanalyzed.
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Just like we were going to be on Mars by [checks notes] New Years 2026.
Stop just breathlessly reporting their every utterance uncritically and unanalyzed.
Stop just breathlessly reporting their every utterance uncritically and unanalyzed.
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You don’t have to print something just because he says it
January 1, 2026 at 1:50 AM
You don’t have to print something just because he says it
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Oh, I love it when an episode of Black Mirror comes true. Cool cool cool 😳
(Only it won't work and 'grandma' will occasionally hallucinate mad internet bullshit about your family)
(Only it won't work and 'grandma' will occasionally hallucinate mad internet bullshit about your family)
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Oh, I love it when an episode of Black Mirror comes true. Cool cool cool 😳
(Only it won't work and 'grandma' will occasionally hallucinate mad internet bullshit about your family)
(Only it won't work and 'grandma' will occasionally hallucinate mad internet bullshit about your family)
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imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum
My dead casino cares about me
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM
My dead casino cares about me
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Tech’s #1 push my entire life has been monetization via ad algorithms. My older millennial ass is already teaching my toddlers how evil ads are, I assume many people are as angry with the bonkers amount of ad intrusion in our lives. Hoping the all in on evil proves to be too much for enough folks.
December 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Tech’s #1 push my entire life has been monetization via ad algorithms. My older millennial ass is already teaching my toddlers how evil ads are, I assume many people are as angry with the bonkers amount of ad intrusion in our lives. Hoping the all in on evil proves to be too much for enough folks.
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“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
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Klein and Thompson rightly recognize the overly litigious legal system is part of the problem. But it should be front and center. The path forward isn’t deregulation; it’s legal reform. Who can sue. Where disputes are heard. What happens when plaintiffs lose. Who can afford legal representation.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Klein and Thompson rightly recognize the overly litigious legal system is part of the problem. But it should be front and center. The path forward isn’t deregulation; it’s legal reform. Who can sue. Where disputes are heard. What happens when plaintiffs lose. Who can afford legal representation.
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When environmental groups do sue, they target ecosystems, water, and climate—not urban housing. The Sierra Club fights groundwater extraction. The Center for Biological Diversity protects endangered species. They’re almost never in court over apartment buildings or affordable housing.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
When environmental groups do sue, they target ecosystems, water, and climate—not urban housing. The Sierra Club fights groundwater extraction. The Center for Biological Diversity protects endangered species. They’re almost never in court over apartment buildings or affordable housing.
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Anyway if some Aus govt with an inordinate fondness for getting walloped by the High Court does ban pro-Palestine marches, what about marches against banning pro-Palestine marches?
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Anyway if some Aus govt with an inordinate fondness for getting walloped by the High Court does ban pro-Palestine marches, what about marches against banning pro-Palestine marches?
Debatable? They've been pretty to clear about their motives, it's suppressing criticism of governments.
Another day, another dubious #ResolvePM issues question wording. Especially wrt Palestine march ban, it's debatable both whether the idea would tackle antisemitism and whether tackling antisemitism is the primary motive of proponents.
December 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Debatable? They've been pretty to clear about their motives, it's suppressing criticism of governments.
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Anne Twomey not impressed with the implied freedom prospects of the so-called "under 16 social media ban", suggests it isn't well adapted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7CM...
Will Reddit's challenge to Australia's "social media ban" succeed?
YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Anne Twomey not impressed with the implied freedom prospects of the so-called "under 16 social media ban", suggests it isn't well adapted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7CM...
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Whatever make it 10 factor authentication.. I don't want to be able to sign into anything ever again
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whatever make it 10 factor authentication.. I don't want to be able to sign into anything ever again
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PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PSA: Our roadmap for 2026:
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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Or watch Pam Bondi lie again and say they can't release them because of new “active investigations.”
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Or watch Pam Bondi lie again and say they can't release them because of new “active investigations.”
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Mick Foley has always been that dude
December 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Mick Foley has always been that dude
"One former Morrison government staffer observed that the “major difference between us and them is that we used WhatsApp and they use Signal”."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Exclusive: PM’s office directs lobbyists to use encrypted, disappearing messages
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requir...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"One former Morrison government staffer observed that the “major difference between us and them is that we used WhatsApp and they use Signal”."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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In the wake of the Port Arthur tragedy, governments collectively took action. So too should we after Sunday’s horrific antisemitic mass shooting. This is about our common humanity, and it should be above politics.
December 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
In the wake of the Port Arthur tragedy, governments collectively took action. So too should we after Sunday’s horrific antisemitic mass shooting. This is about our common humanity, and it should be above politics.
What do you do when apple refuses to distribute your app, and won't tell you why?
blog.kulman.sk/apple-develo...
blog.kulman.sk/apple-develo...
Apple will not let me join the Developer Program — and will not say why
Trying to join the Apple Developer Program as an indie and being blocked by an unexplained automated decision.
blog.kulman.sk
December 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
What do you do when apple refuses to distribute your app, and won't tell you why?
blog.kulman.sk/apple-develo...
blog.kulman.sk/apple-develo...