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AI fakes spread disinformation. Is the distrust they create even worse?
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (835+ words) People have a very difficult time figuring out what is real and what is true." In the United States, a strategic lawsuit against public participation, or SLAPP suit, is one that is filed to silence one's critics or scare journalists…...
A knock on the window and a glimpse of America’s surveillance future
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (907+ words) Abdullahi was waiting for a fare in a Minneapolis airport rideshare lot January 7, just hours after Rene'e Good was shot and killed by federal agents elsewhere in the city. As he watched a video of her death on his phone,…...
The culture wars are coming for your electricity
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (309+ words) PacifiCorp's Hunter coal fired power pant outside of Castle Dale, Utah.George Frey/AFP/Getty via Grist This story was originally published by'Grist and made possible through its partnership with'the Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah. It'is reproduced…...
These utilities may be wildly overestimating the AI boom—at public expense
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (545+ words) A Meta data center outside Atlanta.Mike Stewart/AP As more and more data centers crop up throughout Georgia and the Southeast, a recent study finds they may need less energy than the industry and utilities have been predicting. That…...
Trump posts video that depicts Obamas as apes
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (395+ words) President Donald Trump speaks during an event on drug pricing in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on February 5, 2026 in Washington, DC.Nathan Howard/Getty Late Thursday night, President Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social that…...
The US government is trying to make coal seem cute. It isn't.
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (391+ words) The original Coalie was just a lump of coal with eyes and nothing more.Grist/OSMRE This story was originally published by Grist and'is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. Can a lump of coal ever be'cute? It's a…...
Who takes Palantir's money? A new tracker finds out.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) Palantir CEO Alex Karp at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty As the Trump administration continues to violently occupy Minnesota, the role of the defense tech firm Palantir'which continues to sell its data…...
People hate data centers, so the industry is spending millions to rebrand them
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) Rural Michigan residents rally against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land.Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty The ad was sponsored by Virginia Connects, an industry-affiliated group that spent at least $700,000 on'digital marketing'in the…...
Grok’s leering AI images are the newest version of an old problem
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (472+ words) Generative AI has fueled a surge in deepfake abuse." All of this adds up to a chilling and global picture, experts say, one sometimes referred to as technology-facilitated gender-based violence." And while the problem is very old, generative AI is…...
Monster of 2025: GLP-1 Ads
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (496+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Getty The staff of'Mother Jones'is,'once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of'the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent,…...