Columbia University has a doxxing problem (www.theverge.com)
The Person Saving The Media You Love Is You (aftermath.site)
A Statistical Analysis of the "Name 100 Women" Challenge [Video analysis by Xenoxygene] (www.youtube.com)
NYU Game Center Faculty Write Letter Of Support For Gaza Protestors (aftermath.site)
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows (arstechnica.com)
ESA says members won’t support any plan for libraries to preserve games online (www.gamedeveloper.com)
‘The Blair Witch Project’ Cast Ask Lionsgate For Retroactive Residuals and ‘Meaningful Consultation’ on Future Projects (variety.com)
Why Big Publications Like The New York Times Are Making Games (But Barely Covering Them) (aftermath.site)
Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made. (www.vox.com)
I also highly recommend Dan Olson’s documentary that gets a shout-out in the article, although - at the time the documentary was made - AI had not been a big factor in the grift yet.
Why Warhammer 40K fans are freaking out over a female Custodes in the new codex (www.polygon.com)
Gamers Are Renting Their Idle GPUs to Generate AI Porn (www.404media.co)
Archived version if anyone hits a paywall
Owner of Grand Theft Auto to layoff hundreds and cut projects (www.theverge.com)
How Dolly Parton's "Jolene" Helped Me Through Queer Heartbreak (www.pastemagazine.com)
Games industry leadership pays lip service to how seriously it takes layoffs, but their actions suggest otherwise (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Gig workers are writing essays for AI to learn from (www.businessinsider.com)
Archived, non-paywalled version: https://archive.is/yAuKY