A few platforms have rolled out settings and features to help minimize AI-generated content. Here's how to use them.

Princess Diana stumbling through a parkour park. Team USA taking gold at the Bong Olympics. Tank Man breakdancing in Tiananmen Square. Kurt Cobain playing pogs. Tupac Shakur seeking poutine in Costco.

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New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality.

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Peer review has met its match.

Merriam-Webster recently named “slop” as its 2025 Word of the Year, citing the explosion of low-quality, AI-created digital content that now clogs all of our inboxes and social feeds. While employers ...

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