Author: cmaynar4
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This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told him to send nude pics, she says
Mussa, Idil, Luke, Marnie. “This mom’s son was asking Tesla’s Grok AI Chatbox about soccer. It told him to send pics, she says”. CBC. 4:00 AM, 29 October, 2025. https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/tesla-grok-mom-9.6956930. This article on CBC describes a mother’s account of an interaction that the Tesla AI Grok had with her 12-year old son. The boy was…
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Guillermo Del Toro: “I’d Rather Die” Than Use AI in My Movies
Ruimy, Jordan. “Guillermo Del Toro: ‘I’d Rather Die’ Than Use AI in My Movies”. World of Reel. 26 October, 2025. https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/10/26/guillermo-del-toro-id-rather-die-than-use-ai This article describes the famous director Guillermo Del Toro’s strong and unsurprising stance on AI: that he will never use it for as long as he lives. He compares the creation of it to…
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“Conservative activist sues Google over AI-generated statements”
Reuters. “Conservative activist sues Google over AI-generated statements,” Aljazeera, https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/10/22/conservative-activist-sues-google-over-ai-generated-statements 22 October, 2025. This very recent article is one of many discussing the situation with conservative influencer Robby Starbuck, who sued Google after Meta AI made up a list of false crimes that he committed: including child rape and shooting. I chose this article because…
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“AI-Generated Actress Could Be First to Be Signed by Talent Agent”
“AI-Generated Actress Could Be First to Be Signed by Talent Agent” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRzZL2f4Llw This video, which was just posted today, announces the arrival of a new actress in Hollywood, except she doesn’t exist. Tilly Norwood is a completely AI-generated actress, created to be “the new Scarlett Johannson”. Actual living celebrities in Hollywood, everyone from Emily Blunt…
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“AI tools like ChatGPT ‘help’ authors, but I see literature crumbling around me.”
Valchine, Sophia, “AI tools like ChatGPT ‘help’ authors, but I see literature crumbling around me | Opinion”, Detroit Free Press, 25 June, 2025, https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/2025/06/25/ai-authors-booktok-books-theft/84050103007/ In this article on the Detroit Free Press, Sophia Valchine (an aspiring novelist), pretty simply summarizes my biggest dislike of AI: that it’s ruining the world of literature by eroding human…