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 Spotify's entire catalog ends up on Torrent: approximately 300 TB of data

Spotify's entire catalog ends up on Torrent: approximately 300 TB of data

2026-01-13 HD Blog
Thank god for streaming services, every now and then. On those evenings when there is nothing to watch, on those afternoons when you don't know what to listen to, in those moments when it is easier and more immediate to access a service and get something that might satisfy your desires. However, since the spread of thi...
 Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers

Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers

2026-01-12 404 Media
Following the rise of artificial intelligence in the social media landscape, more and more content produced by this technology is filling the world's most popular platforms. “Real” AI influencers promoting products that often do not exist or are of dangerously poor quality, videos depicting events that never happen...
 AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims

AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims

2026-01-09 The Guardian
According to recently published research, the global environmental impact of artificial intelligence has reached levels never seen before: water consumption linked to this technology currently exceeds the entire global demand for bottled water, and the boom in this controversial resource has caused CO2 emissions into t...
 Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals

Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals

2026-01-08 The Guardian
More and more people are turning to artificial intelligence in search of emotional support. Young people struggling with the endless wait for their diagnoses, adults living alone in need of company, teenagers misunderstood by their parents; different generations need different kinds of support. According to recent res...
 Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training

Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training

2026-01-07 Techcrunch
Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In every social media platform, in every software program. In recent years, countless companies have implemented this technology into their operations, adding features and tools based precisely on this controversial resource. The digital video graphics giant Adobe, of course, is n...
 Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee

Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee

2026-01-05 404 Media
It seems almost absurd to think of having to leave your community, a safe space, a place where you can be yourself without worrying about other people's judgments, because of an AI chatbot. However, this is precisely what happened on a Discord server dedicated to gay gamers over the age of 30. Every user's online expe...
 'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022

'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022

2026-01-02 404 Media
The spread of artificial intelligence shows no signs of stopping in the near future. Countless pieces of content generated using this technology now exist in every corner of the vast world of the internet, contaminating all that material created by humans with images, videos, and texts obviously produced by a subject w...
 The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement

The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement

2025-12-30 TechCrunch
More and more media outlets and newspapers are suing yet another AI company that is now passionate about the misuse of texts, news, and copyrighted works, obviously fed to their artificial intelligence models. The New York Times, in fact, has recently joined the list of actors suing Perplexity AI, a company that is qui...
 ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says

ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says

2025-12-29 404Media
The influence of chatbot words on the users they communicate with is a hot topic that is increasingly being discussed, generally in a negative light. Negative because artificial intelligence is unable to recognize and consider potential disturbances or anomalies in user behavior, thus fueling and supporting decisions a...
 Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities

Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities

2025-12-23 Financial Times
If you have $1,500 to spare each month, why not head to Balaji Srinivasan's prestigious “Network School,” conveniently located on an artificial island near Singapore? It's the perfect place for all tech enthusiasts looking for an opportunity to learn how to start a new company—and not a commercial one. The former...
 Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections

Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections

2025-12-22 404Media
The persuasive and manipulative power of artificial intelligence is now undeniable. Since its rise and widespread adoption, this technology has done nothing but increasingly influence users, conquering the vast world of the Internet in a surprisingly short time. However, the appeal of these tools has proven to be a rat...
 ‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

2025-12-19 The Guardian
Generation Z includes everyone born between 1997 and 2012, an entire generation born and raised alongside technology as we know it today, along with social media, the first steps of artificial intelligence (before it exploded into the huge boom we are currently experiencing) and the unpredictable consequences of this c...
 Trump says Nvidia can sell more powerful AI chips to China

Trump says Nvidia can sell more powerful AI chips to China

2025-12-18 The Verge
In a recent post by US President Donald Trump on Truth Social, Nvidia reportedly received approval from the White House to begin exporting its chips to certain customers in China. The product in question, the H200 AI GPU chip, is capable of boosting generative AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads “with r...
 ‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

2025-12-17 The Guardian
Nowadays, more and more young people are turning to artificial intelligence services in search of a friend, someone who can help them deal with the difficulties of their experiences, especially when related to mental health. The general idea, in fact, is that medical services dedicated to managing this issue are “une...
 A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On

A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On

2025-12-16 404 Media
One of the most widespread, yet relatively unknown, methods for collecting data online is the compilation of surveys and the subsequent research carried out using the results obtained. This practice is fundamental to a variety of scientific studies, however, it currently risks no longer being able to provide reliable a...
 Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI

Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI

2025-12-15 The Guardian
Given the current state of artificial intelligence, many young people, mainly those involved in the arts and/or environmental sectors, are fighting every day to warn others about the ethical and other risks of using this technology. However, innovation is always innovation, and what is new and almost unattainable alway...