The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has spent recent months posting unhinged propaganda from ICE videos featuring Bible quotes to historic paintings about Manifest Destiny. Some of the images and videos posted to social media appear to use intellectual property for which DHS didn’t obtain the rights, including audio from the 2022 film The Batman. […]
I Asked AI to Write a Protest Chant. What I Got Back Was Surprisingly Subversive
[If you want to see how AI handled generating Pro-ICE chants, you can check it out here.] I wanted to know what kind of activist a chatbot could be. More than two years and a half after ChatGPT stunned the world and kicked off the current AI arms race, I posed a simple question to […]
I Asked AI to Create a Pro-ICE Chant. Google and Meta Did. ChatGPT Said No.
[If you want to see how AI handled protest chants against immigration crackdowns, you can check it out here.] In the lead-up to nationwide protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids this weekend, I decided to test a simple but revealing prompt on five major AI chatbots. The goal wasn’t to endorse ICE […]
People Over Papers: The Creator of ‘Waze for Ice Immigration Raids’ Speaks Out
Born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from Mexico, Celeste, 30, is the creator of People Over Papers, a decentralized and anonymous collective that tracks and maps real-time ICE sightings submitted by the public. (For her safety, Gizmodo is using a synonym for Celeste’s real name.) The project functions like a kind of “Waze for […]
Peter Thiel’s Spy Company Gets Into Bed With ICE as Trump Says He’ll Deport U.S. Citizens
Like a specter, Peter Thiel has long haunted the margins of the MAGA movement. As an early Trump backer, the tech billionaire has often been credited with helping to launch the former reality TV star’s political career. Since then, the tech billionaire’s influence can be felt in various parts of the MAGA agenda. Many of […]
IRS Might Soon Share Addresses of Undocumented Taxpayers with ICE
For years, the US Internal Revenue Service has assured undocumented workers that they could file taxes without fear of their information leading to their deportation. It appears the agency will no longer be able to make that promise. According to the Washington Post, the IRS is close to completing a deal with Immigration and Customs […]