Tatum Hunter
@Tatum_Hunter_
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internet culture reporter @washingtonpost [email protected] (noticed something interesting or weird online? i want to hear. signal 513.368.3359)
Brooklyn
Joined September 2019
NEW: I went to the AVN conference (adult entertainment's annual trade show) to investigate how AI is showing up. What I found was an industry rushing to profit from AI, with few protections for the people who inspire/appear in AI porn. đ§”
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AI will change porn forever, adult entertainment companies claim. Itâs unclear who will benefit.
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RT @Techmeme: People are using ChatGPT for unsparing assessments of their looks, with many also asking the chatbot to create plans to "glowâŠ.
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Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: People are using ChatGPT for unsparing assessments of their looks, with many also asking the chatbot to create plans to âglow upâ their appearance
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Tinder's flirty AI men wanted me to be polite but not boring, funny but not threatening. I wonder where they learned that? đ€
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We tested Tinderâs new AI bot, which purports to help you improve your flirting skills. Hereâs how it went.
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RT @Techmeme: Some hair stylists, bridal shops, and hardware stores say AI generated "inspo", taken from platforms like Pinterest, is warpiâŠ.
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Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: Some hair stylists, bridal shops, and hardware stores say AI generated âinspoâ, taken from platforms like Pinterest, is warping customers' sense of reality
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RT @viaCristiano: Dems are making a last-minute push to not have TikTok go dark on Biden's last day, only to be potentially 'saved' by TrumâŠ.
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NEW: The type of conspiracy-thinking that used to brew in small corners of the internet is now a second language for all of us. Hereâs what drone panic says about this moment â when paranoia jumps across political lines and online bubbles.
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Authorities are urging calm. But with trust in media and other institutions at all-time lows, fringe theories are winning the day.
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NEW: Location sharing is straining our friendships, families and romances, users say. But the feature has become so expected and normalized, itâs getting harder to opt out. Is it too late to claw back our privacy and protect our relationships?
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Location-sharing is eroding our trust and privacy. Is it too late to opt out?
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NEW: The Harris campaign was TikTok gold. Were all those coconut memes for naught?. I talked to strategists on both sides of the aisle about TikTok's role at the polls. The app is influential, they said. But campaigns, the media and users have a poor sense of what's actually.
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NEW: The Harris campaign was TikTok gold. Were all those coconut memes for naught?. I talked to strategists on both sides of the aisle about TikTok's role at the polls. The app is influential, they said. But campaigns, the media and users have a poor sense of what's actually.
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RT @MatthewPMcAllis: "#Trumpâs âgrab themâ comment was history. Now #TikTok is showing it to young voters." Story by @Tatum_Hunter_ for @wâŠ.
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Trumpâs infamous âAccess Hollywoodâ tape is seeing a second life on TikTok, where young voters are hearing it for the first time.
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RT @ChrisCinciBiz: "This week, many said on the social network they were shocked by the former presidentâs words and confused why the episoâŠ.
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Trumpâs infamous âAccess Hollywoodâ tape is seeing a second life on TikTok, where young voters are hearing it for the first time.
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Is Meta doing enough to protect teens on Instagram? Latest features address âsextortion,â where scammers befriend a teen, ask for nudes and then blackmail. Insta says it will block screenshots of ephemeral messages and nudge teens before they send nudes.
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Scammers are targeting teens by obtaining their intimate photos. Instagram added some features to combat it.
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And Snapchat says only pre-approved creators can talk about political issues including elections and "advocacy" on its Spotlight video feed.
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YouTube, meanwhile, said people can talk about elections as long as their content doesn't "come close to" misinformation. The company declined to give an example.
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TikTok does, however, let users request less "current affairs" in their FYF. The company wouldn't say whether Gaza, gender-affirming care bans, Chinese espionage or abortion would count as "current affairs.".
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NEW: Out of six major social media companies, just one (TikTok) would confirm that users can say the word "vote" without getting their posts suppressed.
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Call it a âshadowbanâ or âalgorithmic suppression,â but companies are tight-lipped about what gets blocked from algorithmic feeds.
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RT @andreavbecker: my book is now listed on google scholar!! . how it started vs how itâs going
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Wish LensCrafters and Warby would tell me what percentage of customers opt for the upgrade. Then I could estimate how much money consumers have spent on the cure for an unproven problem đ.
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Now I'm getting pitched on "Blue Light Awareness Day," a "global initiative" sponsored by Eyesafe, a company that sells -- you guessed it -- blue light screen filters.
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