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Everyday AI
A Researcher Says Virality Is Lying to You About What's Actually Trending
NYU cyber-ethnographer Ruby Thelot argues the internet has splintered into isolated bubbles where engineered viral moments rack up millions of views without touching real culture. His book lands this autumn.
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Science & Space
Someone Used a Hairdryer to Fake a Weather Reading. AI Could Make That a Lot Worse.
A tampered thermometer at a Paris airport paid out $20,000 to a gambler. Four researchers warn that as AI takes over weather forecasting, this kind of data sabotage gets harder to catch and far more dangerous.
3 min read