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Joe Wilkins

STORY ANGLES - Focuses on Controversy and Accountability: Highlights legal, ethical, or societal conflicts involving AI, corporations, and public figures (e.g., lawsuits, regulatory violations, or controversial statements).

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 11, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Futurism
Top 50K sites
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Jul 3, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

    Top Chinese Court Issues Sweeping Legal Crackdown on AI Deepfakes (opens the original)

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    Months after China’s Intermediate People’s Court ruled against a company using AI to liquidate an employee’s position, the country’s highest judicial body has come out with another whopper: a massive crackdown on AI deepfakes. In a new ruling on Monday, China’s Supreme People’s Court — the top judicial organ in the country — issued new guidance on how judges in lower courts should handle civil issues arising from abuse of AI tools. As the South China Morning Post reports, the court’s opinion spa

  2. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

    Firefighters Say There's a Glaring Issue With Tesla's Cybercab (opens the original)

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    Tesla’s flashy gold Cybercabs are rolling out to the streets of Austin, their butterfly doors glowing under the Texas Sun. The city’s firefighters, however, have one small quibble with the new self-driving vehicle: there’s no steering wheel. In an interview with NBC, Austin Fire Department chief Matthew McElearney expressed concerns that the Cybercab’s manual controls are tied to the on-board touchscreen. Should first responders have to move a Cybercab during an emergency, the infamously finicky

  3. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

    Designer Creates World's Most Hideous Hawaiian Shirt to Hide From AI Surveillance Cameras (opens the original)

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    While some privacy advocates are content to saw down camera towers, one artist is pushing back against the panopticon with an unconventional tool: the ugliest aloha shirt you’ve ever seen. Freshly reported by Dezeen, German designer Simon Weckert designed the hideous shirt to be untraceable to AI-integrated surveillance systems. Using a dizzying blend of colors and patterns, the shirt is ugly precisely because it’s designed to confuse surveillance algorithms — as Weckert explained, it’s the “int

  4. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

    Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority Disgusted by Trump’s Relationship With AI Industry, Saying He’s Using the Tech to Tear Down Democracy (opens the original)

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    "These Big AI goliaths think they can buy off our government, our elections, our leaders, and our future and nobody will notice." The post Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority Disgusted by Trump’s Relationship With AI Industry, Saying He’s Using the Tech to Tear Down Democracy appeared first on Futurism.

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Joe Wilkins

    America Getting Lesson in Consequences of Trump’s War on Public Health as Rare Disease Outbreaks Ravage the Country (opens the original)

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    Feeling healthy yet? The post America Getting Lesson in Consequences of Trump’s War on Public Health as Rare Disease Outbreaks Ravage the Country appeared first on Futurism.

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