ChatGPT Sparks Election, School Debate
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ChatGPT use spread into U.S. election research and school debates, as concerns persisted over its reliability and potential consequences for professional work.
As @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social write, the chatbots are best positioned to replace crappy services for underserved populations, and grow from there.
October 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
As @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social write, the chatbots are best positioned to replace crappy services for underserved populations, and grow from there.
Reposted by Christopher McCabe
ChatGPT of course did not such thing. OpenAI and Sam Altman did. This will continue until people stop pretending the machine did it. When liability is placed where it should the problem will vanish overnight
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors.
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
October 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ChatGPT of course did not such thing. OpenAI and Sam Altman did. This will continue until people stop pretending the machine did it. When liability is placed where it should the problem will vanish overnight
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ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors.
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
"It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
October 6, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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