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Digital breadcrumbs lead to the team behind Jewish Onliner, the AI-powered website that got a Yale scholar suspended

The people behind Jewish Onliner don't see themselves as journalists reporting the news, even if they are pleased to be making it.

Cybersecurity 6month
New Ateliere Connect AI Turns Media Supply Chain into a Value Supply Chain Profit Center at the NAB Show 2025

Intelligent future-built platform unlocks hidden revenue potential. CENTURY CITY, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 25, 2025 / Ateliere Creative

Meet Roganbot: The AI Keeping Tabs On Joe Rogan's Podcast Empire

As podcasts dominate public conversation, one AI tool might reshape how journalists and listeners keep up with digital dialogue.

Robotics 7month
Rights advocates concerned by reported US plan to use AI to revoke student visas

Rights advocates raised alarm, including free speech concerns, on Thursday after it was reported that the U.S. State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign students who it perceives as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants.

The LA Times' new AI tool sympathized with the KKK. Its owner wasn't aware until hours later

The Los Angeles Times' billionaire owner, who unveiled an AI tool that generates opposing perspectives to be displayed on Opinion stories, was unaware the new tool had created pro-KKK arguments less than 24 hours after it launched — and hours after the AI comments had been taken down.

AI Images Show Arab Response to Trump Gaza

Arab states meeting in Cairo are seeking to show that they can counter Trump's proposal to take over the Gaza Strip once Palestinians have been removed to Egypt and Jordan and turn it into a Mediterranean resort that would live peaceably alongside Israel.

Government 7month
'Trump Gaza' AI video creators say they don't want to be the president's 'propaganda machine'

Co-creators Solo Avital and Ariel Vromen said they're not sure how their video made its way to the president and that the video was meant to be satirical.

AI unleashes a weird new genre of political communication

Much is made of AI 's potential to spread political misinformation. The "Trump Gaza" video exemplifies a different use of the technology. Knowingly absurd, the video is a high-fidelity provocation perfectly suited to tickle Mr Trump's fans and bait his critics. No one is being fooled by the video, but it seems everyone is talking about it.