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Synthetic everything is warping America

A shadowy polling firm confessed this week to faking survey results in two marquee races — then claimed the entire operation was a "short-term social experiment" on misinformation.

AI

I created a viral AI watermark remover. I wasn't ready for all the attention.

A tech entrepreneur developed an open-source project to remove AI watermarks, challenging Anthropic's watermark plan.

  • Paris-based tech entrepreneur Guillaume Meyer created Watermarks Remover tool.
  • Tool removes AI watermarks from text and images by checking and generating variations.
  • Meyer gained viral attention, received mixed feedback, considering turning project into business.

Science

How “thunderquakes” could help reveal hidden structures inside the Earth

When that energy reaches the ground, some of it is converted into seismic waves that ripple through the soil and rock beneath—“thunderquakes”

  • Thunderquakes are seismic waves from lightning strikes, revealing hidden Earth structures.
  • Fiber-optic cables transform into vibration sensors for distributed acoustic sensing.
  • Air-coupled Rayleigh waves penetrate up to 300 feet, detecting fractures and sinkholes.
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