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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,361 stories
AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible↗ john.hartnup.uk · HN · 961 comments · 1899 points · Sep 19, 2026
AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog↗ nelson.cloud · HN · 465 comments · 796 points · Aug 04, 2026
Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech↗ nonogra.ph · HN · 631 comments · 1020 points · Jun 29, 2026
YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos↗ blog.youtube · HN · 826 comments · 1322 points · May 27, 2026
Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition↗ grandforksherald.com · HN · 393 comments · 758 points · Mar 12, 2026
20251,488 stories
French supermarket's Christmas advert is worldwide hit (without AI) [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 302 comments · 499 points · Dec 11, 2025
Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems↗ blog.trailofbits.com · HN · 131 comments · 494 points · Aug 21, 2025
Monitor your security cameras with locally processed AI↗ frigate.video · HN · 253 comments · 602 points · Aug 05, 2025
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos you haven’t yet shared↗ theverge.com · HN · 366 comments · 517 points · Jun 28, 2025
US appeals court rules AI generated art cannot be copyrighted↗ reuters.com · HN · 538 comments · 765 points · Mar 18, 2025
20241,668 stories
OnlyFans models are using AI impersonators to keep up with their DMs↗ wired.com · HN · 615 comments · 368 points · Dec 11, 2024
Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated↗ twitter.com · HN · 420 comments · 415 points · Oct 07, 2024
YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI↗ blog.google · HN · 485 comments · 882 points · Mar 18, 2024
Meta AI releases Code Llama 70B↗ twitter.com · HN · 294 comments · 598 points · Jan 29, 2024
Nightshade: An offensive tool for artists against AI art generators↗ nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu · HN · 678 comments · 590 points · Jan 19, 2024
20231,946 stories
B&H Photo Published an AI-Generated Guide Written by a Fake Person↗ petapixel.com · HN · 47 comments · 83 points · Dec 25, 2023
Meta Open Sources AudioCraft: Generative AI for Audio↗ ai.meta.com · HN · 32 comments · 125 points · Aug 02, 2023
StackOverflow petition to allow removing AI generated content↗ openletter.mousetail.nl · HN · 45 comments · 66 points · Jun 02, 2023
Stability AI releases DeepFloyd IF, a powerful text-to-image model↗ stability.ai · HN · 34 comments · 76 points · Apr 28, 2023
U.S. Copyright Office Issues Statement on Works Containing AI-Generated Material↗ federalregister.gov · HN · 34 comments · 59 points · Mar 17, 2023
20221,105 stories
An unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model↗ waxy.org · HN · 751 comments · 726 points · Nov 01, 2022
Show HN: Pornpen.ai – AI-Generated Porn↗ pornpen.ai · HN · 415 comments · 711 points · Aug 23, 2022
To uncover a deepfake video call, ask the caller to turn sideways↗ metaphysic.ai · HN · 274 comments · 864 points · Aug 08, 2022
Deepfake Offensive Toolkit (real-time deepfakes for virtual cameras)↗ github.com · HN · 320 comments · 556 points · Jun 07, 2022
Hyper-realistic digital humans in Unity↗ unity.com · HN · 308 comments · 523 points · Mar 22, 2022
2021740 stories
Use deep fake tech to say stuff with your favorite characters↗ fakeyou.com · HN · 105 comments · 382 points · Dec 25, 2021
Show HN: I built an AI art installation at home generating new pieces on the fly↗ github.com · HN · 153 comments · 399 points · Aug 18, 2021
Young female Japanese biker is 50-year-old man using FaceApp↗ mothership.sg · HN · 495 comments · 774 points · Mar 19, 2021
Facial recognition can predict person’s political orientation with 72% accuracy↗ nature.com · HN · 383 comments · 341 points · Mar 05, 2021
Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 290 comments · 542 points · Feb 10, 2021
2020956 stories
South Park creators have new political satire series with AI-generated deepfakes↗ theregister.com · HN · 302 comments · 813 points · Nov 02, 2020
IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition or analysis software↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 200 comments · 422 points · Jun 09, 2020
I got my file from Clearview AI↗ onezero.medium.com · HN · 224 comments · 811 points · Mar 25, 2020
Real Time Person Removal from Complex Video↗ github.com · HN · 142 comments · 429 points · Feb 18, 2020
Clearview AI helps law enforcement match photos of people to their online images↗ nytimes.com · HN · 156 comments · 369 points · Jan 18, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible↗ john.hartnup.uk · HN · 961 comments · 1899 points · Sep 19, 2026
LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features↗ manualdousuario.net · HN · 237 comments · 722 points · Sep 08, 2026
AI and the Destruction of the Creative Commons↗ chesterwisniewski.com · HN · 278 comments · 236 points · Sep 20, 2026
Meta's Muse appears to use an OpenAI model labeled muse-special↗ mouse.dev · HN · 50 comments · 143 points · Sep 25, 2026
Can you tell which images are AI-generated?↗ slop-sense.labtoagi.com · HN · 85 comments · 112 points · Sep 19, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible↗ john.hartnup.uk · HN · 961 comments · 1899 points · Sep 19, 2026
LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features↗ manualdousuario.net · HN · 237 comments · 722 points · Sep 08, 2026
AI and the Destruction of the Creative Commons↗ chesterwisniewski.com · HN · 278 comments · 236 points · Sep 20, 2026
Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agent↗ engadget.com · HN · 8 comments · 184 points · Sep 09, 2026
EFF to Courts: Don't Rewrite Copyright over AI Hype↗ eff.org · HN · 194 comments · 163 points · Sep 01, 2026
Meta's Muse appears to use an OpenAI model labeled muse-special↗ mouse.dev · HN · 50 comments · 143 points · Sep 25, 2026
Can you tell which images are AI-generated?↗ slop-sense.labtoagi.com · HN · 85 comments · 112 points · Sep 19, 2026
Robin Williams' Daughter to Fans Creating AI Videos: 'Have Some Shame'↗ variety.com · HN · 65 comments · 96 points · Sep 22, 2026
A coffee shop owner used AI to make a menu poster. Then came the angry DMs↗ businessinsider.com · HN · 316 comments · 82 points · Sep 16, 2026
Understanding the Impact of LLM Watermarking on AI Agent Behavior↗ lasso.security · HN · 71 comments · 58 points · Sep 26, 2026

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