LONDON, ENGLAND - Ai-Da Robot, an ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist, paints during a press call at The British Library on April 4, 2022 in London, England. Hollie Adams/Getty Images hide caption
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Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former security head, poses for a portrait on Aug. 22 in Washington, D.C. Zatko accused the company of ignoring major security vulnerabilities in an explosive whistleblower complaint. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of his legal effort to get out of his acquisition of the social media platform. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg via Getty Images;Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Stars of David memorialize Jewish congregants killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Kyodo News via Getty Images hide caption
The Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, conspires with his dog Max to deprive the Whos of their favorite holiday in the live-action adaptation Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Mateo Lorente (left) wears his new Supreme shirt as people flock to a Louis Vuitton store in Miami to purchase limited-edition Supreme and Louis Vuitton collaboration items, in June. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
The Twitter profile for Tay.ai, Microsoft's short-lived chatbot. Microsoft/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Beyonce performs onstage in 2013 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Rob Hoffman/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
By hijacking a user's computer, "bad" bots make it look as if she visits a website often, thus making the site more valuable to advertisers. iStockphoto hide caption