Facebook designed an app for teens called Bell but never launched it, court records reveal
An internal Facebook presentation from 2018 describes a messaging-based app that would have allowed high school students to communicate with their classmates.
NEW: It's 2018, and Facebook is designing an app for high school students
They'd be able to chat with anyone at their school, share anon confessions, then port all their info into regular Facebook upon graduation
The company abandoned the project but didn't say why
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In the article you’ll see that some of the first posts that drove this are conspiracy theory posts tying it to pizzagate and qanon
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AI toy company tied to Google adds an AI off switch after political pressure
Watchdogs and lawmakers have recently raised safety concerns about AI toys like those produced by Miko.
The AI toy company Miko, which has ties to Google, added an AI kill switch for parents after political pressure built last week.
Parents can now disable the toy's core AI function.
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No matter how much AI CEOs and companies insist you shouldn’t trust their products, gen AI’s design fundamentally appeals to us because it seemingly erases work and processes we’d have to do ourselves. There wouldnt be a product if people were checking AIs work diligently.
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AI toy maker exposed thousands of replies to kids, senators say
Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal pressed AI toy companies about child privacy in letters sent Wednesday.
New: Remember Miko, the Google-affiliated AI touchscreen toy robot for young children? Turns out that until yesterday, you could listen online to the audio files for its LLM-generated responses to kids, no password or anything necessary.
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AI toy maker exposed thousands of replies to kids, senators say
Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal pressed AI toy companies about child privacy in letters sent Wednesday.
NEW: AI toy maker Miko exposed thousands of replies to kids, according Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal.
Audio clips that used specific names and seemed to be responsive to questions were left downloadable to anyone.
We reviewed the site before it was taken down.
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Serious question…. When is the Super Bowl?
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The rules of the contest said no politics were allowed. But several of the winning pieces ended up echoing political viewpoints shared by Musk, and were written by people Musk had boosted in the past, including Nick Shirley
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How ICE agents are using facial recognition technology to bring surveillance to the streets
Witnesses describe an expansion of biometric surveillance as immigration agents use facial scanning and photography to track targets and bystanders.
Fun fact: I learned today that DHS puts out a daily newsletter to employees with links to news stories about the agency. We found this out because my editor noticed referral traffic from it. So when we in the press write these stories, DHS tells its employees to read them...???
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USA Today turning to Grok for Super Bowl predictions now....
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Latest Epstein files release rattles Silicon Valley
Some of Silicon Valley’s boldest names appeared in the recent Justice Department release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
Emails and other documents show that Epstein was in contact with at least 20 prominent tech executives, investors and researchers, including some current CEOs, according to an NBC News review of a portion of the documents.
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It's uncanny
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To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
College kids are having to run their essays through AI programs to ensure their own words read human enough to not get flagged by the AI-powered AI-detectors that universities are using to stop students from using AI.
@tktk.bsky.social reports from the frontlines of our new technological utopia
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To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
NEW: How do college students try to avoid being falsely accused of using AI to cheat?
By turning to AI...
My latest @nbcnews.com story shows how even students who want nothing to do with AI can't seem to escape it - and it fuels a new niche industry of "humanizers"
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U.S. Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International Migration
U.S. population growth slowed to 0.5% between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the newly released Vintage 2025 population estimates.
US population growth is at its slowest rate since early covid, according to the Census.
The reason? A historic decline in international migration.
It seems like two of the far-right's pet projects are diametrically opposed to each other.
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