GD Nerds, The internet is chock-full of influencers. Most are shills that sell crap to people further down the chain than them. Or prostitute themselves to brands for money. The worst kind, though, tend to deal in information or “specialist knowledge” that only they possess, and most of the time they’re completely full of shit. Whether they’re standing next to Lambos or taking selfies inside “their” private jet (that never seems to be flying), this special class of influencer is known as a...

GD Nerds! It's Sunday, the day of rest. Or, if you're in the UK like me: the day before yet another half-term with two kids under the age of six. From now on, we'll be doing our Sunday Round-Up where we share all the most popular posts and content from the previous week. It's been a busy one too, so there's plenty of stuff to get stuck into including why you shouldn't use AI to write your book, CRMs for creators, and why we moved 100% of our email operations to Kit. Here's all the big hitters...

GM Nerds! One of Reddit's co-founders has come out and said what most of us have been thinking for a while now: much of the internet is dead; the bots have taken over and now outnumber actual humans. Bots have always been an issue online, but AI has made the situation 10x worse. You can now deep fake anyone, including their voice, with nothing more than a few prompts and a basic understanding of video editing. Michio Kaku Deep-Fake Video On YouTube We now have deep-fake videos of Michio Kaku...