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News•Mar 1, 2026
AI-Generated Film Pulled From AMC Cinemas
AMC announced it will no longer screen the AI‑generated short “Thanksgiving Day” after a wave of online criticism. The film, which won the inaugural Frame Forward AI Animated Film Festival, was slated for a two‑week national run in AMC’s pre‑show advertising slots. AMC clarified that the content was managed by Screenvision Media and that the chain was not involved in its creation. The pull reflects mounting consumer resistance to AI‑produced entertainment on mainstream cinema screens.
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Anthropic CEO Warns of “Tsunami” On Horizon
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that an AI "tsunami" is on the horizon, suggesting models are nearing human‑level intelligence. He criticized the lack of public awareness while echoing similar dire forecasts from OpenAI and Microsoft leaders. The recent launch of...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much
Tech CEOs, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, are baffled by a growing public backlash against AI, despite years of hype and massive investment. A 2025 Pew Research poll shows 60 % of Americans demand more personal control over...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Pope Implores Priests to Stop Writing Sermons Using ChatGPT
In a private meeting with Rome clergy, Pope Leo XIV urged priests to stop drafting homilies with ChatGPT or any artificial‑intelligence tool. He argued that reliance on AI erodes the mental discipline needed to convey genuine faith, likening it to...
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News•Feb 23, 2026
American AI Industry Trembles as Deepseek Prepares to Release New Model
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to launch its V4 model, following the market‑shaking debut of V3 last year. V3’s release knocked the Nasdaq composite down 3% and sent Nvidia shares tumbling 17%, wiping out roughly $600 billion in value. Analysts...
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News•Feb 23, 2026
New AI Agent Logs Directly Into College Platform Canvas to Do Your Homework for You
Companion.AI unveiled "Einstein," an autonomous AI agent that logs into Canvas, watches lectures, writes essays, participates in discussions and submits assignments on a student’s behalf. The startup markets the tool as a full virtual computer that can perform any browser‑based...
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News•Feb 22, 2026
Barrage of Emails From AI Politics Platform Defeats Clean Air Initiative
In early 2026, the Los Angeles Times revealed that CiviClick, an AI‑driven advocacy platform, generated more than 20,000 automated emails that helped defeat a Southern California air‑quality regulation aimed at phasing out natural‑gas water heaters and furnaces. The platform’s AI‑powered...
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News•Feb 22, 2026
Cities Are Shredding Their AI Surveillance Contracts en Masse
Since early 2025, at least 30 U.S. cities have cancelled contracts with Flock Safety, the AI‑powered license‑plate reader vendor. Activist pressure, coordinated through the open‑source DeFlock.org platform, has driven municipalities such as Flagstaff, Arizona and Santa Cruz, California to pull...
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News•Feb 22, 2026
AI “Filmmaker” Gets Funding, Begs For Ideas On What to Actually Make
Self‑described AI filmmaker Ian Durar announced he has secured about $30,000 to produce a fully AI‑generated feature and asked his X followers for plot ideas. The public solicitation drew sharp criticism from filmmakers, concept artists and screenwriters who dismissed the...
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News•Feb 22, 2026
Woman Uses AI to Apologize for Burning Down House, Biting Cop
A New Zealand defendant used AI to draft remorse letters after pleading guilty to arson and biting a police officer. Judge Tom Gilbert recognized the letters were AI‑generated and questioned their sincerity during sentencing. The judge reduced the sentence by five...
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News•Feb 21, 2026
Man Letting AI Rent Human Bodies Says Elon Musk Is His Hero
Alexander Liteplo launched RentAHuman, an online marketplace where people lease their bodies to autonomous AI agents. The platform claims more than 530,000 human workers and positions AI bots as virtual bosses, even citing Claude as a preferred manager. Early usage...
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News•Feb 19, 2026
Elon Musk Boasts That Grok Says America Isn’t Built on Stolen Land, Which It Obviously Is
Elon Musk promoted xAI’s Grok chatbot for bluntly denying that the United States was built on stolen land, sharing a screenshot where Grok answers “No.” He praised the response as “BASED,” contrasting it with more nuanced answers from ChatGPT and...
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News•Feb 18, 2026
Unity Says It Has a New Product That Cooks Up Entire Games Using AI
Unity announced a new AI-powered tool that can generate entire casual games from natural‑language prompts, aiming to eliminate traditional coding. The company will showcase a beta version at the Game Developers Conference in March. Unity frames the technology as a...
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News•Feb 16, 2026
There’s a Grim New Expression: “AI;DR”
The term “AI;DR” (AI, didn’t read) has emerged online to flag AI‑generated “slop.” Borrowing the TL;DR format, it is being used on platforms like Threads, Bluesky and Reddit to criticize low‑quality machine‑written content. The slang reflects growing fatigue and backlash...
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