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Reddit apparently flags the word Luigi as potentially violent

Mashable Tech

Reddit 's automated moderation system is apparently flagging the word "Luigi" as potentially violent , The Verge reported. On Friday, a post appeared on the r/FreeLuigi subreddit stating, "PSA: the word 'luigi' is now flagged by reddit for violence." Mashable has reached out to Reddit and will update this story if we hear back.

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4chan is down: Hack suspicions grow as commenters turn Downdetector website into an alternate forum

Fast Company Tech

This outage comesamid unconfirmed reports on social media, including on Reddit , that the internet message board was hacked. Fast Company has reached out to 4chan for comment and did not hear back immediately. The outage was first reported on Downdetector at around 9:57 p.m. ET on Monday night, and peaked soon after around 10:12 p.m.

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Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar

Ars Technica

The AI model made the policy up, sparking a wave of complaints and cancellation threats documented on Hacker News and Reddit. Read full article Comments When the user contacted Cursor support, an agent named "Sam" told them it was expected behavior under a new policy. But no such policy existed, and Sam was a bot.

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Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone

Ars Technica

EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING," replied a Reddit user who references Weiss' tweet, sparking yet another thread about ChatGPT being a sycophant. Read full article Comments "ChatGPT is suddenly the biggest suckup I've ever met," wrote software engineer Craig Weiss in a widely shared tweet on Friday. "It

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GameStop stock halts trading after Reddit drama

The Verge

Trading in stock of video game retailer GameStop (GME) was halted briefly Friday, as it soared more than 70 percent, due partly to the enthusiastic support of a group of Reddit day traders. GameStop’s Reddit-related surge triggered a circuit breaker stoppage when it rose 69 percent (nice) on Friday around 12:45PM ET.

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Instagram is testing a private downvote button for comments

Mashable Tech

Did you notice what looks like a dislike button next to comments on your Instagram account? Instagram is testing a new feature that would allow users to downrank comments that they don't like, be it because they're negative, harmful, or maybe just because they disagree with them, Social Media Today spotted.

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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

Ars Technica

Users started piping up over the past several weeks, posting on the Google support forums , Reddit , and other social media that their treasured Timeline data had gone missing. Read full article Comments Google has been investigating the problem, and the news isn't good.

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