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Samantha Edwards retweeted
X, which has never been a big referral source for publishers and has lost a ton of users, drives 15 times the traffic ChatGPT does and 150 that of Perplexity.
Canada's federal privacy watchdog is investigating X following the barrage of deepfakes on the platform.
For an article, I'm looking to speak with Canadians who have had nonconsensual, sexualized images of themselves created by Grok. Pls DM or msg me @ [email protected]
Privacy Commissioner of Canada expands investigation into social media platform X following reports of AI-generated sexualized deepfake images: priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-…
ALT News release.
As AI-generated sexualized images proliferated on X, child safety advocates in Canada warn that lawmakers in the country have failed to keep up with regulating AI and social media to the detriment of online safety.
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This is one of my favourite things I worked on all year! Click through this choose-your-own-adventure quiz to uncover which buzzy word best reflects your year.
Slop, vibe-coding, rage bait, 6-7? Find out while we're still basking (rotting?) in 2025
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Samantha Edwards retweeted
This might be the craziest hard launch in the history of the free world
Great to see you @kishida230. Katy and I were so glad to have the chance to sit down with you and Yuko. Thank you, Fumio, for your friendship and your continued commitment to both the international rules-based order and to a better future for everyone.
While most have been dazzled by Vladdy, Springer and Yesavage, a smaller, yet passionate, slice of the internet has been obsessed with Dean's hulking presence at the Jays’ home games.
Read my interview with Dean here:
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There he was, sitting behind home plate. With biceps like a Christmas ham and mountainous traps that nearly touched his ears.
Dean Angelo has been attending Jays’ games since he was a kid. Now he's become a minor supporting character in the Blue Jays World Series run.
Samantha Edwards retweeted
Have cellphone bans been effective in schools? Share your thoughts theglobeandmail.com/canada/e…
Hey Chris! I'm the reporter writing this story about the smartphone bans. Do you wanna chat? Send me a DM or email at [email protected]
Today I'm on The Decibel, The Globe's daily podcast, talking about why Wikipedia is arguably one of the last good places on the internet. Listen here! pod.link/thedecibel/episode/…
Source callout! For a @globeandmail story, I'm looking to speak w/ Canadian teachers and students about smartphone bans/limits in the classroom. Are students less distracted? What's it like enforcing the bans? DM or email me at [email protected]. Thank you!