MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”

Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They’re Unconstitutional

Alabama passed a 10 percent porn tax last year, as Utah and Pennsylvania eye similar bills. Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn.

Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?

Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, find love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. “There’s a purity to it.”

‘Industry’ Takes on the Age Verification Wars

In the HBO show’s fourth season, Industry proves to be more prescient than it’s ever been.

AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations

Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations.

AI-Powered Dating Is All Hype. IRL Cruising Is the Future

Dating apps and AI companies have been touting bot wingmen for months. But the future might just be good old-fashioned meet-cutes.

People Are Using Sora 2 to Make Disturbing Videos With AI-Generated Kids

Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein and Diddy-themed playsets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTok.

Politics Is Fandom; Fascism Is Fanfic

From Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to the US government’s Halo memes, fandom has become the defining language of US politics.

Tech Disrupted Friendship. It’s Time to Bring It Back

Two decades ago social media promised to connect people with pals far and wide. Twenty years online has left us turning to AI for kinship. IRL companionship is the future.

People Are Paying to Get Their Chatbots High on ‘Drugs’

An online marketplace is selling code modules that simulate the effects of cannabis, ketamine, cocaine, ayahuasca, and alcohol when they are uploaded to ChatGPT.