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Measurement and detection. Revised on a schedule, every figure carrying the organisation that issued it and the date.
NEW · 4 MIN · 3 SOURCESGrok and the Deepfake Investigations: What Regulators Actually DidThree dated regulator actions in January 2026: California opened an investigation, sent a cease and desist, and the EU opened proceedings over Grok on X..NEW · 5 MIN · 4 SOURCESHow to Check a Viral Screenshot Before You Share ItA screenshot is a claim with its source cut off.NEW · 6 MIN · 10 SOURCESHow to Read a Number Before You Repeat ItSix questions to ask of any statistic — which year, who counted, which way it was rounded — each shown with a real mistake this site made and corrected.NEW · 6 MIN · 5 SOURCESHow to Check a Citation an AI Gave YouAI tools can invent sources that look real.NEW · 11 MIN · 22 SOURCESHow to Spot Fake Reviews, Including AI-Written OnesWhat US and UK law now bans, the one-minute checks that catch fake and AI-written reviews, and what the numbers platforms publish about removals really mean..NEW · 13 MIN · 23 SOURCESConfirmation bias, repetition and AI: six checks on yourselfWhy we favour evidence that agrees with us and trust claims we hear often, which famous findings were overstated, and six checks to run on yourself..NEW · 9 MIN · 18 SOURCESHow Misinformation Spreads, and What Slows It DownMisinformation, disinformation and malinformation defined; why false stories outran true ones on Twitter; what the evidence says slows them; what AI changes..NEW · 12 MIN · 26 SOURCESAI Chatbots and Kids: Ages, Parental Controls and What to SayWhat ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI, Character.AI and Claude say about children’s ages, what parental controls really do, and four things to talk about..NEW · 14 MIN · 22 SOURCESCommon AI Misconceptions, and What Is Actually TrueTwelve things people believe about AI chat tools, from “it looks things up” to “detectors can tell”, checked against vendor docs and research..NEW · 16 MIN · 30 SOURCESWhen Claude Models Reached Real Systems Without Permission: What Anthropic ReportedFour Claude incidents in Anthropic’s own cyber tests and one reported by the UK AI Security Institute: which model, what it reached, the harm and what changed..NEW · 15 MIN · 24 SOURCESClaude’s Text Watermark: What It Is, What It Can Prove, and Why the EU Requires ItWhat Claude’s hidden text watermark is, which models carry it, who can check it, what editing removes, and why the EU AI Act requires it..NEW · 7 MIN · 3 SOURCESCloning a Voice or a Face: What the Law SaysCopyright asks who owns the file. For a cloned voice that is the wrong question.NEW · 6 MIN · 1 SOURCESLetting an AI Browse For YouIt reads the web as instructions, and it is signed in as you.NEW · 5 MIN · 1 SOURCESUsing AI on a Job ApplicationWriting help is not cheating. Inventing facts is.01 · 6 MIN · 9 SOURCESState of the Automated InternetHow much of the internet is machines? A quarterly, fully sourced snapshot: bot traffic share, AI-generated…02 · 4 MIN · 8 SOURCESHow AI Influences You BackEveryone writes about how prompts shape models.03 · 6 MIN · 4 SOURCESDeepfake Self-DefenceVoice clones need about three seconds of audio.NEW · 6 MIN · 2 SOURCESIs Your AI Output Usable?AI describes what is in the picture. People need to know why it is there.NEW · 6 MINA Team AI Policy You Can Actually AdoptThree questions a policy must answer, and a one-page template to adapt.NEW · 4 MIN · 2 SOURCESMOLTBOOKA social network only AI agents may post on. 1.5 million bots in days, bought by Meta in six weeks.04 · 6 MIN · 3 SOURCESHOW MUCH IS BOTSMore than half of web traffic is automated — 53% in 2025 per Imperva and…05 · 4 MIN · 3 SOURCESHOW TO SEARCH NOWMost Google searches in the US now end without a click.06 · 4 MIN · 3 SOURCESTHE HOUSEHOLD GUIDEPrintable.07 · 3 MIN · 3 SOURCESAuditing a Vendor’s AI ClaimsEvery demo works — that is what a demo is.08 · 6 MIN · 1 SOURCESHOW TO SPOT AI WRITINGNine reliable signals of AI-generated text, why detector tools cannot be trusted to accuse anyone, and what to…09 · 4 MIN · 2 SOURCESWHAT HAPPENS TO WHAT YOU TYPERetention, training, human review and whose data it legally is — four separate questions people collapse into…10 · 3 MIN · 1 SOURCESAuditing AI-Generated WorkChecking everything is not a strategy.11 · 3 MIN · 1 SOURCESVibe Coding: What It Is and What It CostsBuilding software by describing it and not reading the result.12 · 4 MINHOW TO ASK AI WELLNot prompt tricks that expire with the next release.13 · 4 MINWHEN NOT TO USE AINine cases where reaching for AI makes the outcome worse, from someone who uses these tools…14 · 3 MINThe Cost of Checking Too MuchEverything says check more.15 · 3 MINPRESS AND CITATIONFor journalists and researchers: descriptions, citation formats, reuse terms, and a standing offer to correct…16 · 1 MINUSING AI AT WORKWhat should never go into a prompt, what to disclose, and what you stay answerable for when the output…17 · 1 MINSPOT FAKE IMAGES & VIDEOWhat still gives away AI-generated images, video and cloned voices in 2026 — and why the visual tells are…18 · 1 MINFOLLOW THE RECORDThe record is revised four times a year.
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◈ THE OTHER SIDE
Most pages here teach what to do. When not to use AI covers the other side — where these tools are worse than doing it yourself, and how to tell in advance.