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Facing an endless stream of AI-generated content, I tested the digital literacy skill of 'critical ignoring' for one week.

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'Slop' Is Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year as AI Content Floods the Internet

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AI companies want a new internet — and they think they’ve found the key

“MCP, or Model Context Protocol, began as a passion project from two Anthropic employees, but since its creation in mid-2024, it’s been widely adopted by companies like OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and ...
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'It won’t be so much a ghost town as a zombie apocalypse': How AI might forever change how we use the internet

AI slop, chatbots and agentic AI are changing the internet, and could transform it beyond recognition, experts say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.