One scheduled speaker has also pulled out of the New York-based event and specifically pointed to Trump’s mass deportation efforts.#News
“I went to the zoo the other day, there was only one dog in it…”#News
Popular VR game Gorilla Tag partnered with the company k-ID to comply with age verification laws.#News
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.#News
How the Chicago Sun-Times printed an AI-generated summer guide; how schools were not prepared for ChatGPT; and those funny little guys from Star Wars.#Podcast
Shooting missiles out of the sky from space could require a constellation of 36,000 satellites.#News
Viral AI-Generated Summer Guide Printed by Chicago Sun-Times Was Made by Magazine Giant Hearst#AI
Viral AI-Generated Summer Guide Printed by Chicago Sun-Times Was Made by Magazine Giant Hearst
The Chicago Sun-Times said "we understand this is unacceptable for us to distribute."Jason Koebler (404 Media)
Civitai, a huge platform for sharing AI models and generating videos and images, has been cut off from its payment processor.#News
"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."
"I canx27;t believe I missed it because itx27;s so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "Ix27;m completely embarrassed."#News
Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."Jason Koebler (404 Media)
404 Media found that people were using Civitai to create nonconsensual AI porn videos of anyone for a small price.#News
According to its newest transparency report, Telegram complied with more than 5,000 requests from authorities in the first three months of 2025.#News
The 14 year old's mother left an old laptop in a closet and now alleges it's adult sites' problem that he watched porn.
The 14 year oldx27;s mother left an old laptop in a closet and now alleges itx27;s adult sitesx27; problem that he watched porn.#ageverification #kansas #porn
Kansas Mom Sues Porn Sites Because Her Son Visited Chaturbate 30 Times
The 14 year old's mother left an old laptop in a closet and now alleges it's adult sites' problem that he watched porn.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
The tool scans for users writing certain keywords on Reddit and assigns those users a so-called “radical score,” before deploying an AI-powered bot to automatically engage with the users to de-radicalize them.#News
This week, we have stories about wild horses, wild chimps, and wild cosmic deaths.#TheAbstract
This week, we discuss Star Wars' weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.
This week, we discuss Star Warsx27; weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.#BehindTheBlog
Behind the Blog: The Art of the 'Catharticle'
This week, we discuss Star Wars' weird little guys, catharticles, and spectacular views.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
The shirts will be returned to China or will be “destroyed under CBP supervision."#CBP
As gaming on Linux becomes more popular, Denuvo’s “activations” limit will become a bigger problem.#News
"Thinking about your ex 24/7? There's nothing wrong with you. Chat with their AI version—and finally let it go," an ad for Closure says. I tested a bunch of the chatbot startups' personas.
"Thinking about your ex 24/7? Therex27;s nothing wrong with you. Chat with their AI version—and finally let it go," an ad for Closure says. I tested a bunch of the chatbot startupsx27; personas.#AI #chatbots
This Chatbot Promises to Help You Get Over That Ex Who Ghosted You
"Thinking about your ex 24/7? There's nothing wrong with you. Chat with their AI version—and finally let it go," an ad for Closure says. I tested a bunch of the chatbot startups' personas.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Large language models are reflections of the people who program them.#News
Thousands of pages of documents show school districts around the country did not understand how much ChatGPT would change their classrooms, and pro-AI consultants filled in some of the gaps.#FOIA
Industrial Light & Magic revealed a short film showcasing how it wants to use generative AI for Star Wars and it’s completely embarrassing.#News
Star Wars Shows the Future of AI Special Effects and It Sucks
Industrial Light & Magic revealed a short film showcasing how it wants to use generative AI for Star Wars and it’s completely embarrassing.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
A killed man's AI avatar testifies in court; Meta is developing facial recognition for its smart glasses; and how AI is changing baseball.
A killed manx27;s AI avatar testifies in court; Meta is developing facial recognition for its smart glasses; and how AI is changing baseball.#Podcast
Podcast: AI Avatar of Killed Man Testifies in Court
A killed man's AI avatar testifies in court; Meta is developing facial recognition for its smart glasses; and how AI is changing baseball.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Kanye’s Nazi song has been chased off of most mainstream platforms, but it’s all over Instagram.#News
Game developer RocketWerkz doesn’t understand why Unity is threatening to pull its licenses for its games.#News
Game developers use intimacy coordinators, velcro, and juicy oranges to make better sex in games.#Features
900 People Are Collectively Driving an 'Internet Roadtrip' on Google Street View#News
900 People Are Collectively Driving an 'Internet Roadtrip' on Google Street View
The new site is a cozy and chaotic sucessor to 'Twitch plays Pokémon.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
Republican Senator Mike Lee introduced Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (again) last week, which would criminalize porn at the federal level.#porn #mikelee #law #project2025
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.#News
A new Coke ad proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book, only he didn’t write the words and it’s not his book.#News
The Yangtze finless porpoise is near extinction in the wild, but glimpses of its heyday can be found in centuries of Chinese poetry.#TheAbstract
This week, we discuss the death of Mr. Deepfakes, introducing kids to the Manosphere, and working on big, difficult, high-brain-power scoops.#BehindTheBlog
Ricardo Prada Vásquez was not on a government list of people sent to a mega prison in El Salvador. But hacked data shows he was booked on a flight to the country.#News
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the companyx27;s smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.#News
Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Watch an AI-Generated Recruiter Make a Job Interview Even Worse#AI #jobs #avatars #recruiting #jobhunting
Watch an AI-Generated Recruiter Make a Job Interview Even Worse
“Vertical bar pilates."Samantha Cole (404 Media)
'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident#AI #Avatar
'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
A hacker compromised TeleMessage, a company that provides Signal chat archiving services to the Trump administration. TeleMessage has now hidden a video on YouTube that explained its Signal service.#News