Katie Notopoulos
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Blogger at Business Insider, covering tech, business, culture.
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Heirs to Bic Pen Fortune Seek Painting They Say Chauffeur Stole
Heirs to the fortune created by Bic pens are suing a prominent Chilean businessman, seeking the return of a coveted 15th-century painting that they say was stolen from the family by a former employee.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01/heirs-to-bic-pen-fortune-seek-painting-they-say-chauffeur-stole
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We're in such a beautiful, perfect moment of celebrity gossip right now, I am so happy and feel alive but also can't help but worry that like, the world is going to explode
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I think Loverboy could’ve been one of the most important bands of the 80s if they had only had at least 1 good looking guy in the band
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12 days ago
What absolute fucking idiots lol. Good for them.
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Texting my friends “can I be a bitch for a minute?” and then dropping this shady gossip
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20 days ago
"A ... federal judge has dismissed a writer's lawsuit accusing a bestselling fiction author of stealing her romance-fantasy book drafts to create the popular 'Crave' series, issuing a lengthy opinion finding tropes of the genre —such as 'hot, sexy, dangerous boys'— are not protected by copyright."
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6,000 Pages Of Romantasy Later, Judge Sinks Author's IP Suit - Law360
A New York federal judge has dismissed a writer's lawsuit accusing a bestselling fiction author of stealing her romance-fantasy book drafts to create the popular "Crave" series, issuing a lengthy opin...
https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/2454032?nl_pk=bc0375a1-be2c-4f24-9761-9f6fdab63324
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based on my middle school sex ed class in the 90s, i really thought diaphrams would have a more important role in adult life
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One of the most annoying byproducts of AI that is destroying the web is that because so many AI bots are constantly trying to scrape pages, CloudFlare is constantly having autoimmune flareups and giving you "bad gateway" to websites all the time
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Garbage Day Live is coming back to Brooklyn next week. Baby's All Right in Williamsburg. Doors at 6:30pm. Special guest
@katienotopoulos.bsky.social
! It's going to be very very very fun. We only have a few tickets left, so grab 'em while you can!!!
www.eventim.us/wafform.aspx...
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Have you ever noticed that AI video like Sora always puts people in skinny jeans? I feel like ChatGPT is like that too -- it speaks in millenial cringe because it was trained on Reddit and 2010s internet posts
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AI has a millennial cringe problem
From the people who brought you avocado toast: We millennials are bringing the "chaotic," "unhinged," and other generational-coded words to ChatGPT.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-millennial-cringe-2026-2
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I enjoyed
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's prank about getting LLMs to believe he won a hot dog eating contest by simply writing it on his personal website that I attempted to recreate it. I failed, which is embarassing, but I refuse to be defined by failure
www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-gemi...
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My quest to get ChatGPT and Gemini to crown me winner of a hot dog-eating contest points to our AI future
A BBC reporter pranked AI by claiming to be a hot dog-eating champ. I decided to get in on the fun — with varying results.
https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-gemini-i-tried-making-lie-about-me-2026-2
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Last night I was pontificating to my husband on a topic I felt expertise in because I had read (but not finished) a book about it a while ago. I pulled the book off the shelf to show him and noticed where I had left a page corner turned down. Turns out I had only made it to page 20
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OpenAI just hired Charles Porch, who was in charge of making celebrities love Instagram. It's not hard to guess why they might need someone try to win over the hearts and minds of celebs
www.businessinsider.com/openai-holly...
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“All of the people I love hate this stuff, and all the people I hate love it.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
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Opinion | The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/opinion/ai-software.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Nothing more that I love than doing some googling and stumbling into someoen’s 20 year old college webpage
www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs...
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Dark Days
https://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/Dark_Days.htm
about 2 months ago
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Saeed Jones
about 2 months ago
And we’re got big news! Next year’s artist in residence is none other than
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!!!! Imagine getting to study writing with her AND me!!! At the same time!! APPLY!!!
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2 months ago
The pivot to video is a tax on women's time and dignity, I will die on this hill.
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Moltbook is Reddit for AI bots, and some people are freaking out about how amazing and sci-fi it is to see bots talk to each other. But..... it just sucks lol
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Moltbook is about as fun as watching two Roombas bump into each other
Sorry, techies — watching how AI agents secretly talk to each other is just boring. The Epstein files showed me secret human convos are more gripping.
https://www.businessinsider.com/moltbook-openclaw-social-network-boring-2026-2
2 months ago
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My RETVRN belife is that people should just call each other on the phone without scheduling it in advance
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You should just call people on the phone
It's time to hit redial on phone etiquette and bring back randomly calling friends. It's time to raw dial.
https://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-screening-call-people-phone-again-2026-1
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2 months ago
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-accepts-gaza-health-ministry-estimate-of-over-70-000-palestinians-killed-in-the-war/0000019c-0918-dec4-adfd-fd5dde830000
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"there could be real risk for you. But the bigger risk is silence."
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American business leaders need to speak up about Alex Pretti's killing
It's understandable that CEOs and other leaders are wary of wading into the latest shooting in Minneapolis. But that's not an excuse for silence.
https://www.businessinsider.com/business-leader-ceo-silence-alex-pretti-killing-minneapolis-2026-1
2 months ago
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SEE you monsters? You're hurting its feelings
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2 months ago
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Keep calm and chive on
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Helpful org chart
www.ft.com/content/ad94...
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Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091?accessToken=zwAGR7kzep9gkdOtlNtMlaBMZdO9jTtD4SUQkQ.MEYCIQCdZajuC9uga-d9b5Z1t0HI2BIcnkVoq98loextLRpCTgIhAPL3rW72aTHBNL_lS7s1ONpM2vBgNlBNHDBeGbHkPkZj&sharetype=gift&token=a7473827-0799-4064-9008-bf22b3c99711
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I would never lead any of you astray with a link that is bad, so please just trust me when I say you should open this and listen to the entire thing
seamonkey.bandcamp.com/track/poo-po...
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Poo-Poo Stains, by Seamonkey
from the album Comin' Out Tha Closet
https://seamonkey.bandcamp.com/track/poo-poo-stains
3 months ago
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We’re so back (literally)
www.garbageday.email/p/the-20-wor...
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The 20 Worst Things On The Internet In 2025
We're back, baby
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-20-worst-things-on-the-internet-in-2025
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Spotify gets 50k AI songs per day (uploaded to just one of the the 3rd party distributors that you hav eto go thru to put stuf on Spotify)
www.theverge.com/report/84445...
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"Iger said the deal also fulfills a longtime desire by Disney to put user-generated content on its Disney+ streaming platform. Disney initially plans to put select videos created on Sora onto Disney+ to increase engagement with users, especially younger ones."
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Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal
Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's licensing deal with OpenAI will let it capitalize on a fast-growing technology and engage younger audiences.
https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-bob-iger-explains-billion-deal-with-open-ai-2025-12
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Insider Union
4 months ago
RALLY FOR NEWS, NOT SLOP: Join us at 1PM ET Thursday outside @BusinessInsider HQ. We will be rallying to let management know what we think of their plans to roll out AI-generated news stories. Details here …
#NewsNotSlop
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I feel much ire for those who waste the resources and risk the lives of rescue teams
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Viral videos of dangerous ski stunts spur ‘unprecedented number of lost skiers,’ Vermont rescue squad says - The Boston Globe
Stowe's town rescue squad described an “unprecedented number of lost skiers” who had accessed the backcountry this snowy early season — only to contact first responders when they became stranded.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/metro/vermont-backcountry-tiktok-rescues
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My Spotify listener age was 59, which I accept with grace. But some people are finally experiencing the humiliation at the hands of Spotify Wrapped for being "unc"
www.businessinsider.com/spotify-wrap...
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Spotify Wrapped says his 'listening age' is 86, but he's only 36
Spotify Wrapped is calling out 23-year-old Gen Z'ers for having the listening habits of a boomer. What's "listening age" tell us about ourselves?
https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-wrapped-listening-age-2025-12
4 months ago
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Californians load on the Patagonia when it hits 61 degrees, meanwhile ~10% of 8-24yo males in New Hampshire wear shorts every single day of winter
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Just learned that Karoline Leavitt's brother was in the local Massachusetts news in 2014 for winning $1 million from Draft Kings by betting on the Patriots. The baby in the photo is his (in recent news, the baby's mother, born in Brazil, has now been detained by ICE)
cullmantimes.com/2014/10/29/f...
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Fantasy football produces an instant millionaire - The Cullman Times
Mike Leavitt knew going into the Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins that a poor outing from Cowboys superstar wide receiver Dez Bryant would mean a $1 millio...
https://cullmantimes.com/2014/10/29/fantasy-football-produces-an-instant-millionaire/
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As an elder millenial, I will happily accept the thesis that the last gasp of interesting culture happened in the early 00s (oddly coinciding with when I was in my early 20s?) and has all gone downhill from there (as I have lost touch). Will happily buy this book
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...
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Pop Culture Got Stale. Counterculture Went Right-Wing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/books/review/culture-right-wing-david-marx.html
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good byline
www.huffpost.com/entry/what-l...
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Larry Summers' True Record on Women
Many people note that our nation has few economists with Larry Summers' intelligence. They should also know that we have few leaders, if any, in the financial world who have done more for women.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-larry-summers-has-do_b_142126
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"Trump Mobile, for the third week in a row, did not respond to a request for comment."
www.theverge.com/news/820887/...
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Why we’re going to keep talking about the Trump phone
It’s not because we’re fans.
https://www.theverge.com/news/820887/why-we-keep-writing-about-trump-phone-t1
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Facebook Marketplace is adding a comments section. But it still isn't solving the biggest problem: people asking "is it available" over and over and over
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Mark Zuckerberg: You missed one big thing in Facebook Marketplace's new updates!
Facebook Marketplace is getting new features, but not the one change I recommended to Mark Zuckerberg: ending the "Hi, is this available" message.
https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-marketplace-is-this-still-available-message-change-mark-zuckerberg-2025-11
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5 months ago
internet is crazy
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5 months ago
Again:
@katienotopoulos.bsky.social
covered this in 2017.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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One of my favorite thing to tell normal people is "Sam Altman also runs a failing business were he scans the eyeballs of people in poorer countries with a device called "the Orb" and puts the data on the blockchain" and watch their heads spin
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Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup wants to hit a billion users. It's less than 2% of the way there.
Sam Altman's startup, Tools for Humanity, wants its Orb to scan a billion irises to create a "World ID." Regulators worldwide are sounding the alarm.
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-orb-eye-scanning-startup-billion-user-goal-viability-2025-11
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I went out and bought the new Taco Bell mountain dew Baja Blast pie because I love neon food (it was good!) and also I need to test out my Mr Beast thumbnail face
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Taco Bell's new Mountain Dew Baja Blast pie is part of a strategy to reach Gen Z. I tried it.
Taco Bell's bright green Mountain Dew Baja Blast pie looks disgusting. But it's part of a strategy to reach Gen Z. And it's surprisingly good.
https://www.businessinsider.com/taco-bell-mountain-dew-baja-blast-pie-review-photos-2025-11
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don't worry -- the OLD Farmer's Almanac (founded in 1792 with the old timey-cover you see at the grocery store) is still going
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I went to go check back in on Meta AI's Vibes feed, and found that it's full of boomerbait, memey videos of Trump now
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How 'boomerslop' is taking over Meta AI's video feed
Meta's stand-alone AI app has a video feed called Vibes. It's being taken over by Donald Trump memes and political stuff. I'm calling it "boomerslop."
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-vibes-app-videos-trump-slop-boomer-2025-11
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One thing about Dick Cheney is that he had zero rizz. No one, not even Republicans, liked him. Now you can do all sorts of evil stuff as a politician, but you have to have memetic charm. Really the last of his kind.
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This article is really great bc it's about an org everyone knows but seems so boring we forget about it (Common Crawl) and turns out they're doing something extremely shady, AND the guy in charge keeps saying the most damning things to a reporter
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry’s Dirty Work
The web archive Common Crawl has been quietly funneling paywalled articles to AI companies—and lying to publishers about it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/11/common-crawl-ai-training-data/684567/?gift=KnPEUGay_6wcqYyilJ5WULrtiP78Ib2xWNAoPUmW_KI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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NEW! I'm doing a video podcast (vodcast? It's literally not even available as audio lol) about my favorite thing to talk about: ~consumerism~
@emilystewart.bsky.social
and I talked about rEaL eStaTe for the first episode. Check it out!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdLZMgXHvYQI'm
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Wikipedia's traffic is down, due to Google's AI Overviews and ChatGPT. I think AI will continue to cut into Wikipedia traffic -- but only to a point. There's something Wikipedia offers that is more than just a quick answer
www.businessinsider.com/wikipedia-tr...
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AI answers are taking a bite of Wikipedia's traffic. Should we be worried for the site?
Wikipedia's traffic is down — but there's reason to be hopeful for its future, even with Elon Musk nipping at its heels with its new Grokipedia.
https://www.businessinsider.com/wikipedia-traffic-down-ai-answers-elon-musk-grokipedia-wikimedia-2025-10
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gwen howerton
5 months ago
big story that should get more attention from bayliss, who as always is the GOAT:
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Even though I've heard "Golden" 300,000 times (at minimum), I didn't realize that EJAE was the co-writer of the song, not just the vocalist. Great interview, she seems fascinating
www.wired.com/story/how-k-...
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How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Star EJAE Topped the Charts
Kids everywhere know her voice—if not her name. WIRED talks to the former SM trainee about her rise to global superstardom with her hit song “Golden.”
https://www.wired.com/story/how-k-pop-demon-hunters-star-ejae-topped-the-charts/
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