How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash

How the fog of war spun rumors of terrorism out of a deadly Long Beach crash

After a car barreled through a red light in Long Beach this month and plowed into several pedestrians in a crosswalk, killing one, it did not take long for rumors of a terrorist attack to spread in some corners of the internet. Against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, the Oct. 14 crash, which led…

Meet Kat Abu, The TikToker Mocking Fox News “Just For Funsies”

Meet Kat Abu, The TikToker Mocking Fox News “Just For Funsies”

Two weeks before Tucker Carlson got canned, I hung out with Abughazaleh and five of her Media Matters colleagues in their Navy Yard office overlooking the Anacostia River to watch them watch Fox News’s evening lineup. The space is massive, with open seating and large conference rooms — and very few employees. (Most of the team…

Andrew Tate’s Recent “Extremely Dangerous” Behavior Could Lead To More Criminal Investigations, Prosecutors Say

Andrew Tate’s Recent “Extremely Dangerous” Behavior Could Lead To More Criminal Investigations, Prosecutors Say

Jailhouse phone wiretaps cited by judges in court papers obtained by BuzzFeed News show that Andrew allegedly hoped to flee to Dubai under the pretext of receiving medical treatment there. (The United Arab Emirates does not have an extradition treaty with Romania.) A Tate representative told the Daily Mail in early March that a dark…

Researchers Accused Google And “60 Minutes” Of Spreading AI “Disinformation”

Researchers Accused Google And “60 Minutes” Of Spreading AI “Disinformation”

“What is so impressive is that PaLM has never seen parallel sentences between Bengali and English,” Pichai said at that event. “It was never explicitly taught to answer questions or translate at all. The model brought all of its capabilities together to answer questions correctly in Bengali, and we can extend the technique to more…

Fake Drakes And Counterfeit Kanyes: The Internet Is Suddenly Full Of AI-Generated Hip-Hop

Fake Drakes And Counterfeit Kanyes: The Internet Is Suddenly Full Of AI-Generated Hip-Hop

Thanks to powerful new generative artificial intelligence tools, it’s getting difficult to tell if your favorite artist is actually singing — or in a great many cases, rapping — on tracks floating around YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. In February, superstar DJ David Guetta posted a video clip of himself live in concert, playing a song…

People Are Using ChatGPT For Therapy. Here’s What Mental Health Experts Think About That.

People Are Using ChatGPT For Therapy. Here’s What Mental Health Experts Think About That.

“I started thinking that I could build an AI therapist using the ChatGPT API and tweak it to meet the specifications for a therapist,” she said. “It increases accessibility to therapy by providing free and confidential therapy, an AI rather than a human, and removing stigma around getting help for people who don’t want to…

Apple Card Has A Savings Account Now, And The Interest Rate Is Better Than Most Banks’

Apple Card Has A Savings Account Now, And The Interest Rate Is Better Than Most Banks’

On Monday, Apple, in partnership with Goldman Sachs, announced a new high-yield savings account for Apple Card users. You may be wondering what this all means. Simply put, you can now place your Daily Cash rewards — Apple’s name for the small cashback amounts you get for using Apple Card — into a savings account…

This Fearless Video Journalist Is Livestreaming The French Street Protests To Millions Worldwide

This Fearless Video Journalist Is Livestreaming The French Street Protests To Millions Worldwide

PARIS — The April 6 protest had already been moving for half an hour by the time I found Rémy Buisine. The 32-year-old video journalist at French online media outlet Brut had given me his live location, but he wasn’t wearing his neon-yellow press armband yet and, given his outfit (a light, navy puffer jacket and…

Police Arrested A Tech Executive Over The Stabbing Death Of Cash App Creator Bob Lee

Police Arrested A Tech Executive Over The Stabbing Death Of Cash App Creator Bob Lee

Police in San Francisco arrested a suspect on Thursday morning over last week’s stabbing death of Cash App creator and fintech pioneer Bob Lee, authorities said.  San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott told reporters at an afternoon news conference that Nima Momeni, 38, was arrested at his home in Emeryville, a suburb between Oakland and…