Hacker News with Generative AI: Scandals

NaNoWriMo shut down after AI, content moderation scandals (techcrunch.com)
NaNoWriMo, a 25-year-old online writing community-turned-nonprofit, announced on Monday evening that it is shutting down.
Writing, Nonprofits, AI, Content Moderation, Scandals
7 points by healsdata 1 day ago | 3 comments
Kids for Cash Scandal (wikipedia.org)
The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US.
Scandals, Law, Corruption, Pennsylvania
5 points by lifeisstillgood 20 days ago | 1 comments
Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions (apnews.com)
Sports, Olympics, Scandals, Skiing
19 points by frereubu 21 days ago | 10 comments
Google changes Chrome extension policies following the Honey link scandal (theverge.com)
Google has updated its affiliate ads policy for Chrome extensions after creators accused PayPal’s popular Honey browser extension of being a “scam.”
Google Chrome, Browser Extensions, Affiliate Marketing, Online Advertising, Scandals
3 points by theshrike79 21 days ago | 0 comments
Post Office Trial: Marshall spells it out in a speech to University of Law (postofficetrial.com)
What follows is perhaps the most important speech given on the subject of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to date.
Law, Technology, UK, Post Office, Scandals
5 points by fanf2 32 days ago | 0 comments
Libra Token's Co-Creator Claimed He Paid Argentinian President Milei's Sister (coindesk.com)
A key player behind the Libra token bragged about buying access to Argentine President Javier Milei's inner circle months before the memecoin's scandalous launch and crash.
Cryptocurrency, Argentina, Politics, Finance, Scandals
8 points by locallost 43 days ago | 3 comments
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show (theguardian.com)
Elon Musk admitted he cheated at video games to get high scores, a transcript of a private online conversation he had shows, seemingly concluding a fiery scandal over the billionaire’s outlandish claims to be a globally-ranked player.
Elon Musk, Video Games, Gaming, Scandals, Technology
9 points by robaato 70 days ago | 4 comments
Post Office Horizon scandal explained: Everything you need to know (computerweekly.com)
Scandals, Postal Services, Technology
69 points by chrisjj 260 days ago | 46 comments
China rocked by cooking oil contamination scandal (bbc.com)
China, Food Safety, Scandals
34 points by belter 263 days ago | 4 comments
India: An education scandal years in the making (cnbc.com)
India, Education, Scandals, Corruption
6 points by rntn 272 days ago | 2 comments
Toyota raided as safety testing scandal grows (bbc.com)
Toyota, Automotive Industry, Safety, Scandals
106 points by croes 302 days ago | 85 comments