January 2026 – ScaleYourWeb

January 30, 2026by rootadmin

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic...

The Download: US immigration agencies’ AI videos, and inside the Vitalism movement

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January 30, 2026by rootadmin

The Download: US immigration agencies’ AI videos, and inside the Vitalism movement

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos The news: The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and...

Technology

January 30, 2026by rootadmin

How the sometimes-weird world of lifespan extension is gaining influence

For the last couple of years, I’ve been following the progress of a group of individuals who believe death is humanity’s “core problem.” Put simply, they say death is wrong—for everyone. They’ve even said it’s morally wrong. They established what they consider a new philosophy, and...

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January 29, 2026by rootadmin

The AI Hype Index: Grok makes porn, and Claude Code nails your job

Everyone is panicking because AI is very bad; everyone is panicking because AI is very good. It’s just that you never know which one you’re going to get. Grok is a pornography machine. Claude Code can do anything from building websites to reading your MRI. So of course Gen Z is...

Technology

January 29, 2026by rootadmin

DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos

The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and Adobe to make and edit content shared with the public, a new document reveals. It comes as immigration agencies have flooded social media with content to support President Trump’s mass deportation...

The Download: inside the Vitalism movement, and why AI’s “memory” is a privacy problem

Technology

January 29, 2026by rootadmin

The Download: inside the Vitalism movement, and why AI’s “memory” is a privacy problem

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong” Last April, an excited crowd gathered at a compound in...

Technology

January 29, 2026by rootadmin

How the grid can ride out winter storms

The eastern half of the US saw a monster snowstorm over the weekend. The good news is the grid has largely been able to keep up with the freezing temperatures and increased demand. But there were some signs of strain, particularly for fossil-fuel plants. One analysis found that PJM,...

Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”

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January 29, 2026by rootadmin

Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”

“Who here believes involuntary death is a good thing?” Nathan Cheng has been delivering similar versions of this speech over the last couple of years, so I knew what was coming. He was about to try to convince the 80 or so people in the audience that death is bad. And that defeating...

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January 28, 2026by rootadmin

Webinar Replay: Rewarding Publisher Influence in LLMs

The PMA Measurements and Insights Council recently hosted a webinar entitled “Rewarding Publisher Influence in LLMs: Redefining Publisher Value in a Generative AI World.” The webinar came from the results of our recent AI and affiliate marketing study, which is now available for free...

Technology

January 28, 2026by rootadmin

Roundtables: Why AI Companies Are Betting on Next-Gen Nuclear

AI is driving unprecedented investment for massive data centers and an energy supply that can support its huge computational appetite. One potential source of electricity for these facilities is next-generation nuclear power plants, which could be cheaper to construct and safer to...

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