AI image generators like ChatGPT 4o, DALL·E, and Midjourney have gotten ridiculously good. The photos look real. The lighting is right. The details are there.
But here's the problem: social media platforms can still tell they're AI-generated.
Not by looking at the pixels — by…
I’ve been working on a project called Enkrateia, an AI-powered platform designed to generate complete books from structured user inputs.
The idea is simple: users define key elements such as title, genre, characters, plot, setting, and narrative tone. The system then generates a full book, structured chapter by chapter.
What started as a pure AI writing tool gradually evolved during development.…
The Prime Minister said he hoped the move would encourage children to play with their friends outside and read (Picture: Getty Images)
A petition to stop the government banning social media for under-16s in the UK has passed 150,000 – just over a day after it was announced.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer set out the plans in an early-morning press conference on Monday, saying he is ‘not…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today announced that under-16s in the U.K. are to be banned from social media.
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Meta's social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, are experiencing widespread issues today, with users reporting login failures, unexpected account logouts, and problems accessing both websites and mobile apps. The Meta Business Suite is also down as of the time of writing.
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Some weeks it feels like none of this matters. That feeling is rational; it is a system working exactly as intended. This week’s mutual aid roundup listed twelve requests and eleven Palestinian campaigns that need movement. Just like me, they need help. I’m unsure if I have any reasons or justifications other than I just felt like doing it, I just felt like listing them all. Maybe because they’re…
Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you can secure long-term visibility and control over your digital presence on the Internet.
Seeing as how I have had a lot of time on my own recently whilst recovering, I decided to sign up for Letterboxd. It's a site where you can log which films you have watched and when, review them, and see what your friends have watched and reviewed. Letterboxd has been around for some time,...
The social media platform X has announced it is cracking down on large accounts that rip off the work of smaller creators to game the revenue-sharing system.
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Over the weekend, posts on Japanese social media (SNS, as they refer to it) indicated that Fujifilm would be ending support for black and white film development services, which many took to mean as dropping support for paper and chemicals.
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Ein bisschen Geschichte VERO (früher auch mit dem Zusatz "True Social") wurde offiziell im Jahr 2015 der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt, blieb aber eigentlich eher ein Netzwerk für einige bestimmte Nischen, wie Cosplay, Makeup- und Tattoo-Künstler und Skateboarder. Damals wusste ich auch noch gar nichts davon. Entdeckt habe ich VERO im Jahr 2018, bei der ersten Popularitätswelle....
Instagram has launched a new feature called Instants, a disappearing photo-sharing system designed around fast, unedited sharing with close friends. Available both inside Instagram and through a new standalone Instants app, the feature pushes even further into real-time photography and casual social sharing, with a strong emphasis on authenticity and privacy.
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A National Party operative sits in the mayor's chair of the most Māori city in Aotearoa — dismantling Māori structural power, one council vote at a time, and calling it leadership.
Meta has threatened to shut down Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp in New Mexico amid a child safety court battle, as state prosecutors push for fundamental changes to the company’s social media platforms.
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Instagram is widening its efforts to prioritize original creators with a new algorithm update that directly targets accounts built on reposted content, not just in Reels but now across photos and carousel posts as well.
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A recent survey of 1,458 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 found that most of them do not see social media platforms affecting their mental health.
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You might have seen an amusing photo of a Pikachu running away from police in Turkey. It was recently shared to popular Instagram page History Reported, where it has received millions of views and over 200,000 likes.
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A new study revealed that U.K. social media users are less active due to the dominance of short-form video on the most popular platforms -- in a trend that's likely reflected across the Western world.
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Overzealous Reddit moderators are back at it again: Paul McCartney has been booted out of the subreddit that's dedicated to him.
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What is 2026’s hottest social media trend for teenagers? Based on the actions of a number of governments around the world, the answer is, well, banning social media for teenagers. Countries like Australia, France and Greece have taken steps to regulate the use of social media for people below a certain age. And now, Austria […]
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Meet Alphy, Sony Alpha India's new AI-generated rodent mascot. Alphy loves his Sony Alpha camera, traveling the world, capturing beautiful photos, and being an affront to human creativity.
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After Iranian missiles began striking parts of the United Arab Emirates -- including popular influencer destination Dubai -- videos and photos of the carnage began emerging online.
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I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter.
Currently sitting on a train from Montreal to Toronto, and what are the odds that I end up sitting next to a couple of people (Gen Zs, if it matters) discussing the exact thing that I travelled to Montreal for — to talk about the state of social media and its effects on our day-to-day lives?
Time to make some changes to the way you scroll....
As a warning to others, a Redditor has told a disturbing story of a photographer who chased an owl through a field just so she could get the shot she wanted.
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Newgrain, a photo-sharing platform aimed at film shooters, recently launched a web version -- and it looks fantastic.
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Flickr is celebrating its 22nd birthday, a remarkable achievement. To mark the occasion, Flickr shared some interesting data and insights into how photographers use Flickr, which cameras they own, and what types of shots they like to share the most.
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Social media was once the backbone of marketing for photography businesses. However, we now have strong reasons to leave it behind and adopt a different approach to photography. Why did my recent behavior change prove this to be true?
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