NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which is headquartered in Asheville, has been down for days.
NOAAx27;s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which is headquartered in Asheville, has been down for days.#News #archives #hurricanes
Hurricane Helene Knocked One of the World’s Largest Climate Data Archives Offline
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which is headquartered in Asheville, has been down for days.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Fin7 has made multiple ‘nudify’ sites that promise to use AI to undress photos of people but which are actually vehicles for malware, according to researchers. 404 Media found one advertised on one of the web's biggest porn aggregators.
Fin7 has made multiple ‘nudify’ sites that promise to use AI to undress photos of people but which are actually vehicles for malware, according to researchers. 404 Media found one advertised on one of the webx27;s biggest porn aggregators.#News #Hacking
A Network of AI ‘Nudify’ Sites Are a Front for Notorious Russian Hackers
Fin7 has made multiple ‘nudify’ sites that promise to use AI to undress photos of people but which are actually vehicles for malware, according to researchers. 404 Media found one advertised on one of the web's biggest porn aggregators.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Teachers are surprised they have been opted into having their classes scraped for AI training.#AI #GenerativeAI #News
“But, Adams further claimed, he had forgotten the password he had just set, and thus was unable to provide the FBI with a password that would unlock the phone.”#News
As the White House plans to force federal agencies to be more transparent with their use of AI, the Secret Service won’t say why it’s already spending tens of thousands of dollars on the tech.#News
AI-generated images of mushrooms that look nothing like the real species could spread misleading and dangerous information.#News
Optery initially planned to send users' data to OpenAI by default, but walked back the decision over the weekend.
Optery initially planned to send usersx27; data to OpenAI by default, but walked back the decision over the weekend.#News #Privacy
Privacy Service Optery Faces Backlash After Plan to Send OpenAI User Data
Optery initially planned to send users' data to OpenAI by default, but walked back the decision over the weekend.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Also in The Abstract this week: world-vaporizing cosmic jets and “assisted sexual recruits” are fortifying coral reefs against heat waves.#News
Japan games industry analyst explains why Nintendo is going after Palworld, and why it’s probably going to win.#News
Lustery, a site for consent-based homemade porn, has added a new clause to its contract promising not to replace human performers with AI without consent.#News
Multiple LinkedIn users on Wednesday noticed a setting that showed LinkedIn was using user data to improve its generative AI. LinkedIn told 404 Media it will update its terms of service “shortly.”#News
Snapchat’s “My Selfie” by default reserves the right to use your likeness in ads.#News
Welcome to The Abstract, a new weekly column from 404 Media about new, mind blowing scientific studies.#News
Hawaii’s The Garden Island newspaper is producing video news segments with AI. The union at its parent company calls it “digital colonialism.”#News
The Harris campaign is creating “overstimulation,” “ADHD,” or “content sludge” videos designed to appeal to a very online audience with a short attention span.#News
If you got an email containing your address and a PDF with a photo of your street, don't freak out: it's a fake sextortion scheme.
If you got an email containing your address and a PDF with a photo of your street, donx27;t freak out: itx27;s a fake sextortion scheme.#News
Sextortion Scammers Try to Scare People by Sending Photos of Their Homes
If you got an email containing your address and a PDF with a photo of your street, don't freak out: it's a fake sextortion scheme.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Apple’s Huge “Dual Use” Face Swap App Problem Is Not Going Away#News
Apple’s Huge “Dual Use” Face Swap App Problem Is Not Going Away
Maybe Apple should ban face swapping apps entirely.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
GameNGen is an interesting proof-of-concept for a diffusion model-based “game engine.”#News
A new survey attempts to quantify just how common it is for minors to AI-generate nudes of other minors.#News
404 Media previously reported Cox Media Group (CMG) was advertising a service that claimed to target ads based on what potential customers said near device microphones. Now, here is the pitch deck CMG sent to prospective companies.#News
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The popular flight tracking website informed users that it inadvertently exposed user data, including names, physical addresses, aircraft owned, pilot status, and flights tracked.#News
Thomas White ran the Silk Road 2.0 drug marketplace and was convicted of child abuse imagery-related crimes. He was also a co-founder of transparency activist organization Distributed Denial of Secrets.#News
Hackers are using false identities to book Airbnbs after being doxed and hunted by violent criminals.#News
Google Search is providing promoted links to nonconsensual AI “undress” apps.#News
r/MonsterGirl members are tired of AI-generated slop in its subreddit.#News