Nightmare toddler, fake publicists & a fake dead king

Hi Wrecklings!

Costco is selling sashimi now and that’s all I can think about (guess what I’m having for dinner) but also:

• “Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’”

• “Forbes editor out; report says he took $6M from founder of firm that does business with magazine”

• “Selena Gomez And Wondermind Startup Sued For Allegedly Defrauding Investors”

• “FlightAware sues Kalshi over flight-cancellation markets”

• “Bumble scraps signature rule and now allows men to make first move on dating app”

• “Disgraced Ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell Had Fling with Stephen Miller’s Wife, Katie, When She Was a 22-Year-Old Intern, Report Reveals”

• “The Hugging Face hack is now a PR crisis that’s costing OpenAI millions”

• “Farmer trusted AI after it gave good advice, then it helped wipe out 25 acres of his crops”

• “Sam Altman suggests parents generate AI podcasts about their kids”

• “Porter Airlines flight cancelled after toddler refuses to buckle seatbelt”

• “‘We Won’t Forget’: Fans Are Calling for a Walmart Boycott After Comedian Damon Darling Was Removed From the Store for Buying Groceries for People”

• “Cape Cod homeowner sues, says bank should not have given him mortgage for $5.5 million mansion at risk of collapse”

• “Meta becomes latest firm to say its AI hacked another company”

• “Cruise ship helps stranded skiff and crew in Southeast Alaska as Zuckerberg yacht stands by”

• “Google withdraws new Earth AI tool after warnings over misinformation risks”

• “‘One Night Only’ Director Will Gluck Cut Out ‘So Much Nudity’ Because People Dislike Sex on Screen: ‘It Takes You Out of the Movie’”

• “A PR Firm Is Using Fake Publicists With AI-Generated Headshots to Spam Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients”

• “How Leopold Aschenbrenner built a $45 billion AI hedge fund — and lost most of it in days”

• “‘Not standard’ for Taylor Farms to ask White House to delay cyclospora recall, ex-FDA head says”

• “LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated ‘slop’”

• “$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use”

• “Fetterman Is So Unpopular That He Loses to “Someone Else” by 18 Points in Poll”

• “YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview”

• “Google Search falsely declared Sam Altman dead, but Google says nobody did it manually”

• “Reddit Stock Collapses 23% as AI Eats Away at User Growth”

• “AI spending spree hits $600b as Oracle fires 21,000 employees to fund boom”

• “Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products due to salmonella risk”

• “Japan has reportedly asked the US to stop using Mario, Pokemon, and others in social media posts”

• “Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows”

• “Wendy’s new CEO laments the brand’s ‘quality degradation’”

• “King Charles’ Death Accidentally Announced On Radio, Erring Staff Leaves 16 Minutes Of Dead Air In Panic”

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More Serious Stories

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• “Perez Hilton hospitalized after reports he livestreamed self-harm, sheriff’s officials say”

• “Self-help guru Nicole LePera’s throuple falls apart as lover says she was abused then cut out of $3.5M empire: suit”

• “Sydney Towle, Social Media Content Creator, Dies at 26 of Rare Cancer”

• “New Orleans hoping limited AI use could speed response for emergencies”

• “Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson”

• “Police Keep Losing Their Jobs for Using Flock Cameras to Stalk People”

• “‘Gooning’ incidents targeting women in Dollar Tree stores reported across country, including San Diego”

• “Supernatural influencer dies in car crash a year after infamous video destroying religious statue”

• “Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content”

• “Hugh Hefner Warned FBI About Epstein After Florida Playmate Was Allegedly Abused—They Ignored Him: ‘Of All People Being Disgusted’”

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