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A pro-AI dark money group tried to recruit me
A few weeks ago, an email hit my inbox that shocked me.
 • Taylor Lorenz
How Much of Substack Is Actually AI?
I analyzed thousands of posts from the top newsletters to find out how much of Substack is AI. Some of the biggest “writers” on Substack aren’t writing…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Girlboss-ification of AI w/ Kat Tenbarge
+ Bezos’s private retreat, Alex Cooper drama, new MrBeast lawsuit, the OpenAI apartment, China’s ‘dark factories', Pasta sauce surveillance, and why big…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Influencers Are Replacing Themselves With AI Clones
Anthropic girlypop dinners, new Costco Guys, BuzzBallz summer, Gen Z's silent scream, FBI aura farming, Elon Musk's TikTok, Mahjong mania, SantaCon…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Skibidi Toilet fans are melting down
+ Boy kibble, cyberdecks, Bierberchella, AI Michael Jackson babies, peptides overtake pickleball, dating app whimsey, deep runs, an AI storefront…
 • Taylor Lorenz
They're Putting AI Cameras In School Buses
+ NeeDoh squishies, Twitch for pets, Waymo influencer merch, OpenClaw crashouts, Alix Earle's skincare blowout, smut book clubs, Surf social, AI's…
 • Taylor Lorenz
Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love Social Media
+ YouTube Shorts rizz party, Clavicular's Club Stream, heat islands, MrBeast's Japan pivot, Costco's chocolate bunny, Twitch streaming as a dog, and the…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Media Lied About the Social Media Addiction Trial
+ LA's crypto kids, @user3266363816019, AI bedtime stories, slop signage, alpine divorce, a KitKat heist, the White House app, byyourselfmaxxing, and…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Internet is Being Deleted (And You Haven’t Noticed)
AI influencer awards season, vaping squirrels, RIP Sora, bestie-fication of media, peak MrBeast, the pop diva extinction, Zuckerberg's claw, a…
 • Taylor Lorenz
The Rise of Celebrity Clone Conspiracies
+ Diner Gothic, LEGO slopaganda, cartel Olympics, ‘porn addiction’ influencers, a $178 Jensen Huang sweater, Afroman's 1A win, tech bro taste…
 • Taylor Lorenz
How Powerful People Became Obsessed w/ Section 230
The clout apocalypse, YouTube face, Meghan and Harry’s Netflix fallout, MOG World Order, CEO moats, sync music, the debate over influencers on the red…
 • Taylor Lorenz
You Are Being Lied to About Algorithms
+ AI Amish influencers, baby gut health, Kai Trump's Erewhon vlog, bed rotting for art, the Substack book, MrBeast banking, Quittr, a new Ellison, Ben…
 • Taylor Lorenz
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A tech and online culture publication by Taylor Lorenz, featuring original reporting on how the internet is reshaping politics, business, media, and culture.
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