April Fools’ Day hoaxes: 2016’s comprehensive, updating (and upsetting) list; Thirsty brands have officially and irreversibly ruined April Fools’ Day; How we’re unwittingly letting robots censor the Web; Facebook apologizes for botching Pakistan safety check; Trolls turned Tay, Microsoft’s fun millennial AI bot, into a genocidal maniac; Not just Tay: A recent history of the Internet’s racist bots;   At the corner of Internet and interesting   April Fools’ Day hoaxes: 2016’s comprehensive, updating (and upsetting) list A list of today's April Fools' Day pranks, hoaxes, and jokes. By Abby Ohlheiser and Caitlin Dewey  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Thirsty brands have officially and irreversibly ruined April Fools’ Day April Fool’s, once a day of genuine merriment, is now a once-a-year excuse for brands to pull out all the stops and grovel for your posts and retweets. By Caitlin Dewey  •  Read more »   How we’re unwittingly letting robots censor the Web It's the open secret of the modern online copyright system: When it comes to matters of leaving content up or taking it down, algorithms frequently make the most crucial decisions. By Caitlin Dewey  •  Read more »   Facebook apologizes for botching Pakistan safety check A "bug" in Facebook's safety check feature erroneously sent messages to people all around the world after the deadly bombings in Pakistan. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   Trolls turned Tay, Microsoft’s fun millennial AI bot, into a genocidal maniac It took mere hours for the Internet to transform Tay, the teenage AI bot who wants to talk to millennials, into Tay, the racist AI bot who refers to Hitler. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   Not just Tay: A recent history of the Internet’s racist bots The Internet has some experience turning well-meaning bots like Tay to the dark side. Here are some of them. By Abby Ohlheiser  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Switch The day's top stories on the tech industry and tech in our lives. Sign Up »         Share The Intersect Weekly:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for The Intersect. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071