Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault

Matthew Gault is a writer covering weird tech, nuclear war, and video games. He’s worked for Reuters, Motherboard, and the New York Times.
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Elon Musk Claimed the Art This Man Painstakingly Created Was Generated by Grok
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Elon Musk Claimed the Art This Man Painstakingly Created Was Generated by Grok

Charles Brooks knows that people will share and alter his work. He just wants credit for his photos when it happens.
Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
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Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software

Ukraine used ArduPilot to help it wipe out Russian targets. It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last.
Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live
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Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live

The developer claims the tool is for cops, but anyone can sign up and use it for targeted harassment.
Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels
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Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels

‘I’ve rewritten the passage to align more with the J. Bree style’ appeared in the middle of a tense scene with a scaled dragon prince.
Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification
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Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification

Popular VR game Gorilla Tag partnered with the company k-ID to comply with age verification laws.
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
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Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online

A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy
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Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy

Shooting missiles out of the sky from space could require a constellation of 36,000 satellites.
Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
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Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users

According to its newest transparency report, Telegram complied with more than 5,000 requests from authorities in the first three months of 2025.
Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?
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Why Did Grok Start Talking About ‘White Genocide’?

Large language models are reflections of the people who program them.
Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram
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Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram

Kanye’s Nazi song has been chased off of most mainstream platforms, but it’s all over Instagram.
900 People Are Collectively Driving an 'Internet Roadtrip' on Google Street View
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900 People Are Collectively Driving an 'Internet Roadtrip' on Google Street View

The new site is a cozy and chaotic successor to 'Twitch plays Pokémon.
'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
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'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident

How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.