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More here: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/ I'm not optimistic, given the state of endemic, naked corruption that’s been normalised now in Trump’s America. The AI boys are not short of a few bill of VC cash...

Exactly. There's a proposal to charge about a cent per email sent (by everyone) on the basis that this would make scam emails uneconomic. Similarly, if ChatGPT et al were to charge realistic amounts for their services, this might deter scammers too (or just make them hack other people's...

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OK, so that’s the eventual pitch, thanks James, I was wondering how they monetised it. This whole email has got ChatGPT written all over it. I bet they’re using the API to customize each individual scammy email.

It’s been big business for a decade or more, part of the “manosphere”. Courses cost megabucks. So wrong on every level.

I received a previous one on behalf of a client that didn’t make such an outrageous claim, and for a moment it gave me pause for thought… writers do sometimes reach out to other writers, after all. Lyse is right, we haven't even started to feel the impact of AI on scams and their victims. That...

Incredible! True colours, right there.

Just to check/confirm, emojis should be OK in posts now and not generate an error...📘🔥

Thanks, John. I’ve tracked the issue down to those emojis in the scam message, the forum database wasn’t comfortable with them. Now updating the character set on the server, shouldn’t happen again after that.

Hello Marta! First, go to Cafe Life (you're here already, congrats!) Café Life Create a new thread, select the prefix “Welcome – I’m new here” and introduce yourself! You’ll find folk will reply very nicely. Some useful links: How to use the Colony: Forum List About the Lab: Forum List...

I’ve received several emails in recent days, all structured as the one below, received this morning. While I can’t tell you exactly what sort of scam this is – it’s got “scam” written all over it. My thoughts follow. OK, so now an analysis of what smells bad… 1. The real Leïla Slimani is the...

LitBits duly awarded! :) p.

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So I read somewhere that “badgers love sweetcorn!” Seemed highly improbable to me, but to test, I left a cob out last night on the usual badger plinth. This was the result this morning – case closed! They sure had a good party last night...