WHY WE LOOK? Because the World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes: In the age of A.I., Hany Farid is struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides for itself.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u...
WHY WE LOOK? Because any advertisements in New York that feature artificial intelligence-generated people in place of actors will now be violating state law if they don't clearly label that they have used a “synthetic performer.”
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Marvin Heiferman
WHY WE LOOK? Because the ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accusing it of failing to turn over records of its practice of threatening and surveilling photographers who film federal agents
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WHY WE LOOK? Because with machine learning and a high-res imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system in 68 quadrillion underground miles of fungi:
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/s...
WHY WE LOOK? Because Sean Penn calls taking selfies a ‘soul-sucker’ — and says he wouldn’t even do one with a ‘Holocaust grandmother’
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WHY WE LOOK? Because Analysis of a Satellite Image and Videos Suggest Precision U.S. Strikes on Iranian Water Facility: It is unclear if the strikes were intentional. But if so, the eliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure could constitute a war crime.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/w...
WHY WE LOOK? Because How Much Nudity Does Instagram Allow? Butt Magazine Would Like to Know. The only thing consistent about the social media platform’s rules on showing naked body parts appears to be its inconsistency in enforcing them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/s...
WHY WE LOOK? Because did Peloton just dump Hudson Williams over his high school photo swastika scandal? Fans aren’t buying the official explanation...
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WHY WE LOOK? Because now there's a limited-edition Hello Kitty-themed Go Ultra bundle, which includes not only a pink camera emblazoned with the iconic Sanrio character but lots of beauty filters and a set of themed physical accessories.
petapixel.com/2026/06/11/t...
WHY WE LOOK? Because surveillance drone deployment on US’s Great Lakes is raising data collection fears: Rights groups and some locals worry that a program to ‘track illicit activity’ will become a data collection project
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
