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151

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy (osf.io)

2 days ago | anigbrowl | osf.io | best

4

Man arrested for selling AI-colorized pirated 1954 'Godzilla' film (kyodonews.net)

5 days ago | anigbrowl | kyodonews.net | newest

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National parks ordered to police 'negative' history under presidential directive (sfgate.com)

5 days ago | anigbrowl | sfgate.com | frontpage

1

AI nudifiers pivot to video and reach users via Apple, Google, social media (indicator.media)

a week ago | anigbrowl | indicator.media | newest

4

Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos released from custody (cnn.com)

a week ago | anigbrowl | cnn.com | frontpage

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[dupe] RFK jr removes all members of CDC panel advising US on vaccines (cnbc.com)

a week ago | anigbrowl | cnbc.com | frontpage

5

Japan telecom giant NTT Docomo to end own emoji after 26 years (kyodonews.net)

a week ago | anigbrowl | kyodonews.net | frontpage

1

Community fact-checking increases moral outrage in replies to misleading posts (acm.org)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | acm.org | newest

122

Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alternative to plastics (yomiuri.co.jp)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | yomiuri.co.jp | best

68

Supreme Court allows DOGE to access social security data (nbcnews.com)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | best

2

The Common Pile v0.1 (huggingface.co)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | huggingface.co | newest

13

Ecologists horrified as nature reserves emptied of insects (theguardian.com)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | theguardian.com | frontpage

3

Silicon Valley is at an inflection point (nytimes.com)

2 weeks ago | anigbrowl | nytimes.com | frontpage

5

Why would the US government ever refuse the US dollar? (thehill.com)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | thehill.com | frontpage

3

Climate scientists hosting a 100-hour livestream in response to funding cuts (space.com)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | space.com | frontpage

3

Why People Follow Rules (nature.com)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | nature.com | frontpage

4

NYPD detectives may be tied to crypto millionaire torture case (nbcnewyork.com)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | nbcnewyork.com | newest

6

Weaponized AI chatbot floods Canadian city councils with climate misinformation (desmog.com)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | desmog.com | frontpage

9

HHS cancels –$600M contract with Moderna on vaccines for flu pandemics (statnews.com)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | statnews.com | frontpage

3

Reinvigorating the nuclear industrial base (whitehouse.gov)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | whitehouse.gov | frontpage

3

Against Life Extension (persuasion.community)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | persuasion.community | newest

2

Budget bill could decimate legal accountability for tech (techpolicy.press)

3 weeks ago | anigbrowl | techpolicy.press | newest

7

More than 100 National Security Council staffers put on administrative leave (cnn.com)

4 weeks ago | anigbrowl | cnn.com | frontpage

1

Expert perspectives on 10-year moratorium of state AI laws (techpolicy.press)

4 weeks ago | anigbrowl | techpolicy.press | newest

1

Why both sides are right and wrong about a moratorium on state AI laws (techpolicy.press)

4 weeks ago | anigbrowl | techpolicy.press | newest

6

DOGE used Meta AI model to review emails from federal workers (wired.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | wired.com | frontpage

5

White House purges transcripts of President's remarks from its website (nbcnews.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | frontpage

3

Spain blocks 65,000 Airbnb holiday rental listings (reuters.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | reuters.com | frontpage

86

The NSA Selector (github.com/wenzellabs)

a month ago | anigbrowl | github.com | best

1

Arithmophone (chielzwinkels.net)

a month ago | anigbrowl | chielzwinkels.net | newest

4

The Digital Panopticon Nightmare (thedissident.news)

a month ago | anigbrowl | thedissident.news | newest

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What the government tried to keep hidden in IRS/ICE data sharing agreement (americanoversight.org)

a month ago | anigbrowl | americanoversight.org | frontpage

19

David Hilbert's radio address (2014) (maa.org)

a month ago | anigbrowl | maa.org | frontpage

176

Bus stops here: Shanghai lets riders design their own routes (sixthtone.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | sixthtone.com | best

3

Director of US copyright office fired after release of AI report (theguardian.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Is AI the future of American foreign policy? (npr.org)

a month ago | anigbrowl | npr.org | newest

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Head of Library of Congress fired via email (usatoday.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | usatoday.com | frontpage

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Institutionalizing Politicized Science (science.org)

a month ago | anigbrowl | science.org | frontpage

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Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science (nature.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | nature.com | frontpage

2

Don't send in the clones: AI conference cancelled as accounts get reality check (japantimes.co.jp)

a month ago | anigbrowl | japantimes.co.jp | newest

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The CIA Chief's son who went to fight for Russia (yahoo.com)

a month ago | anigbrowl | yahoo.com | frontpage

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Trump-allied prosecutor sends letters to medical journals alleging bias (nytimes.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | nytimes.com | frontpage

7

'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government Covid sites (npr.org)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | npr.org | newest

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Energy and AI (iea.org)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | iea.org | frontpage

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Trump admin plans to end IRS direct file program (huffpost.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | huffpost.com | newest

12

US conservatives far more skeptical of science than previously thought (independent.co.uk)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | independent.co.uk | frontpage

3

Further Responses to Federal Actions (orgchart.mit.edu)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | mit.edu | frontpage

9

UK parliament votes to nationalize British Steel (politico.eu)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | politico.eu | frontpage

5

AI slop farms churning out fake heartwarming videos about political figures (motherjones.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | motherjones.com | frontpage

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Tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by customs 'glitch' (cnbc.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | cnbc.com | frontpage

21

Louisiana prison board uses algorithms to determine eligility for parole (propublica.org)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | propublica.org | frontpage

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ICE director wants to run deportations 'like Amazon Prime for human beings' (theguardian.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | theguardian.com | frontpage

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The DHS task force scouring foreign students' social media (nbcnews.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | frontpage

10

Trump signs order targeting former CISA head Chris Krebs (nextgov.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | nextgov.com | frontpage

3

Leveraging international standards to protect US consumers without Congress (techpolicy.press)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | techpolicy.press | frontpage

2

Amazon turns to machine managers and wokers are losing out (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | bloomberg.com | newest

2

GPU Audio Releases SDK (gpu.audio)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | gpu.audio | newest

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German conservatives sound alarm over gold reserves held in US (politico.eu)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | politico.eu | frontpage

10

Trump makes history by pardoning a corporation (thehill.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | thehill.com | frontpage

3

Wealthy cities may be surprise losers from AI transformation (ft.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | ft.com | newest

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NSA Director and Deputy Fired (cnn.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | cnn.com | frontpage

21

The cultural evolution of distortion in music (royalsocietypublishing.org)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | royalsocietypublishing.org | frontpage

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Furry hackers who leaked Heritage Foundation data feared raided by feds (dailydot.com)

2 months ago | anigbrowl | dailydot.com | frontpage

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North Korea's smartphone 'Semtaesung 8' revealed (dailynk.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | dailynk.com | newest

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DIY Synth Database (snnkv.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | snnkv.com | newest

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Audio/video renderings of 80 sort algorithms (2022) (youtube.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | youtube.com | newest

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Appeals court rules that Constitution protects possession of AI-generated CSAM (techpolicy.press)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | techpolicy.press | frontpage

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President signs executive order to dismantle Department of Education (nbcnews.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | frontpage

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President expected to sign executive order shuttering Dept. of Education (nbcnews.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | newest

2

Politicians' misinformation behavior and public engagement, in 4 countries (arxiv.org)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | arxiv.org | newest

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[flagged] Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction' per draft EO (thehandbasket.co)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | thehandbasket.co | frontpage

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Navajo code talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order (axios.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | axios.com | frontpage

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Halting of Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam puts lives at risk (propublica.org)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | propublica.org | newest

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Chromaplane Wins 2025 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition (synthtopia.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | synthtopia.com | newest

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Pi in the Mandelbrot Set [pdf] (ic.ac.uk)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | ic.ac.uk | newest

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Musk makes secret visit to NSA after saying agency needs overhaul (gizmodo.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | gizmodo.com | frontpage

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Once-reluctant builders now using unmanned machinery, AI (asahi.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | asahi.com | newest

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Spotify has paid $4.5 illion to publishers, but songrwriters struggle (variety.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | variety.com | frontpage

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Shares of Starlink competitor Eutelsat triple; CEO says can fill Ukraine gap (morningstar.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | morningstar.com | frontpage

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Sony and Suntory build US stockpiles as Japan faces tariff threat (japantimes.co.jp)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | japantimes.co.jp | frontpage

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Japan's Shimadzu offers first commercial optical lattice clock (kyodonews.net)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | kyodonews.net | newest

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Tell HN: The most recent Chrome update seems to have deleted all my passwords

3 months ago | anigbrowl | ycombinator.com | frontpage

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Banking's critical functions are vanishing into the cloud (ft.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | ft.com | frontpage

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Venkatesh Rao on Baumol, entrpreneurs, and Myers-Briggs personality clusters (substack.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | substack.com | newest

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James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, has died (npr.org)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | npr.org | best

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RFK Jr Issues rule barring public comment on HHS rulemaking (thehill.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | thehill.com | frontpage

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Mass firings at National Weather Service, NOAA ignite fury among scientists (latimes.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | latimes.com | frontpage

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White House official pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group (ft.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | ft.com | frontpage

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Substance in broccoli, celery inhibits graying of black hair (asahi.com)

3 months ago | anigbrowl | asahi.com | frontpage

2

New rice strains cuts methane emissions by 70% (grist.org)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | grist.org | frontpage

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Technofeudalism – a video essay/transcript summarizing the book (2024) (yanisvaroufakis.eu)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | yanisvaroufakis.eu | newest

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Girl listed in state records as 'Unakite Thirteen Hotel' gets SSN (nbcnews.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | newest

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Flies fed excessive caffeine die within week: Japan study (kyodonews.net)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | kyodonews.net | frontpage

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Transcript of leaked call with Meteora's Ben Chow (citationneeded.news)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | citationneeded.news | newest

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How AI takeover might happen in 2 years (fiction) (lesswrong.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | lesswrong.com | newest

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Generative AI reviving more presidents to train employees (2024) (asahi.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | asahi.com | newest

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Argentina president faces impeachment calls over crypto crash (bbc.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | bbc.com | frontpage

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[flagged] Men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records (cbsnews.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | cbsnews.com | frontpage

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CDC cuts expected to decimate Epidemic Intelligence Service (statnews.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | statnews.com | frontpage

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Apple and Google restore TikTok to app stores (nbcnews.com)

4 months ago | anigbrowl | nbcnews.com | newest