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Meta tells its metaverse workers to push harder with AI; the massive Discord breach; and what happened when AI came for craft beer.#Podcast


Podcast: Meta Tells Workers to ‘Go 5x Faster’ with AI


We start this week with Jason’s article about an internal Meta message telling workers to increase their output by 5x with AI. That’s five times, not five percent. After the break, Joseph and Sam tell us all about the catastrophic Discord breach. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains what happened when AI came for craft beer (nothing is sacred).
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We talk all about Sora 2, Apple and Google removing ICE-spotting apps, and a massive update to our Flock reporting.#Podcast


Podcast: The Final Boss of AI Slop


We start this week with a couple of our articles about Sora 2, OpenAI’s new AI slop app. People are already using tools to remove watermarks from its AI-generated videos. Great! After the break, we talk about Apple and Google removing various ICE-spotting apps from their app stores, with Apple doing it after direct pressure from the U.S. government. In the subscribers-only section, we have a substantial update to a story concerning Flock and a woman who self-administered an abortion.
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How companies working for landlords are scraping data inside corporate environments; lawyers explain why they used AI (after getting caught); and all the Ruby drama.#Podcast


Podcast: Landlords Demand Your Workplace Logins to Scrape Paystubs


We start this week with Joseph’s article about landlords and income verification companies demanding login details from potential renters so the companies can log in and scrape their paystubs. That has some potential legal issues for everyone involved! After the break, 18 lawyers tell us why they used AI. In the subscribers-only section, Emanuel breaks down the massive drama around Ruby.
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Our lawsuit against ICE; the rise of AI 'workslop'; Steam's malicious game problem; and Silk Song.

Our lawsuit against ICE; the rise of AI x27;workslopx27;; Steamx27;s malicious game problem; and Silk Song.#Podcast


Podcast: We're Suing ICE. Here's Why


We start this week with some news: we are suing ICE for access to its $2 million contract with a company that sells powerful spyware. Paragon sells tech for remotely breaking into phones and reading messages from encrypted chat apps without a target even clicking a link. After the break, we talk about a couple of stories about AI ‘workslop’ and the engineers who fix peoples’ vibe coding. In the subscribers-only section, we start with a malicious game on Steam stealing cryptocurrency from a cancer patient, then we talk about Silk Song.
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A massive hack of a popular dashcam company; the sentencing of someone Sam has covered for years; and the mass firings around Charlie Kirk's assassination.

A massive hack of a popular dashcam company; the sentencing of someone Sam has covered for years; and the mass firings around Charlie Kirkx27;s assassination.#Podcast


Podcast: The (Hacked) Spy In Your Car


We start this week with Joseph’s investigation into Nexar, a popular dashcam company that was catastrophically hacked. Nexar is also uploading user footage to a publicly available map without some drivers’ knowledge. After the break, Sam tells us about her trip to San Diego to cover the sentencing of someone she has covered for years. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about the Charlie Kirk assassination and our reporting around that.
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How Trump's tariffs are impacting all sorts of hobbies; how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone; and ChatGPT's reckoning.

How Trumpx27;s tariffs are impacting all sorts of hobbies; how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone; and ChatGPTx27;s reckoning.#Podcast


Podcast: AI Slop Is Drowning Out Human YouTubers


This week, we talk about how 'Boring History' AI slop is taking over YouTube and making it harder to discover content that humans spend months researching, filming, and editing. Then we talk about how Meta has totally given up on content moderation. In the bonus segment, we discuss the 'AI Darwin Awards,' which is, uhh, celebrating the dumbest uses of AI.
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How Trump's tariffs are impacting all sorts of hobbies; how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone; and ChatGPT's reckoning.

How Trumpx27;s tariffs are impacting all sorts of hobbies; how OnlyFans piracy is ruining the internet for everyone; and ChatGPTx27;s reckoning.#Podcast


Podcast: Trump Take LEGO


We start this week with our articles about Trump’s tariffs, and how they’re impacting everything from LEGO to cameras to sex toys. After the break, Emanuel explains how misfired DMCA complaints designed to help adult creators are targeting other sites, including ours. In the subscribers-only section, we do a wrap-up of a bunch of recent ChatGPT stories about suicide and murder. A content warning for suicide and self-harm for that section.
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Here's the podcast recorded at our recent second anniversary party in New York!

Herex27;s the podcast recorded at our recent second anniversary party in New York!#Podcast


Podcast: 404 Media Live—NYC!


Here's the podcast recorded at our recent second anniversary party in New York! We answered a bunch of reader and listener questions. Thank you to everyone that came and thank you for listening to this podcast too!
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The Flipper Zero is being modified to break into cars; the wave of 80s nostalgia AI slop; and how the Citizen app is using AI to write crime alerts.#Podcast


Podcast: The Underground Trade of Car Hacking Tech


We start this week with Joseph’s investigation into people selling custom patches for the Flipper Zero, a piece of hacking tech that car thieves can now use to break into a wide range of vehicles. After the break, Jason tells us about the new meta in AI slop: making 80s nostalgia videos. In the subscribers-only section, we all talk about Citizen, and how the app is pushing AI-written crime alerts without human intervention.
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The inside story of how Tea undercut women's safety groups to get people to join its app; GPS trackers sold on TikTok; and Grok exposes its prompts.

The inside story of how Tea undercut womenx27;s safety groups to get people to join its app; GPS trackers sold on TikTok; and Grok exposes its prompts.#Podcast


Podcast: The Inside Story of Tea


We start this week with Emanuel’s big investigation into the Tea app, and especially how it aggressively grew by raiding women safety groups. After the break, we talk about TikTok Shop selling GPS trackers. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains how Grok was exposing some of its AI persona prompts, and the sometimes NSFW nature of them.
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CBP's use of Meta Ray-Bans; the bargain that voice actors are having to make with AI; and how Flock tech is being essentially hacked into by the DEA.

CBPx27;s use of Meta Ray-Bans; the bargain that voice actors are having to make with AI; and how Flock tech is being essentially hacked into by the DEA.#Podcast


Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?


We start this week with Jason’s article about a CBP official wearing Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses to an immigration raid. A lot of stuff happened after we published that article too. After the break, Sam tells us about the bargain that voice actors are making with AI. In the subscribers-only section, Jason tells us how a DEA official used a cop’s password to AI cameras to then do immigration surveillance.
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Shared ChatGPT indexed by Google; how Wikipedia is fighting AI slop; and the history of how we got to Steam censorship.#Podcast


Podcast: Google Is Exposing Peoples’ ChatGPT Secrets


We start this week with Joseph’s story about nearly 100,000 ChatGPT conversations being indexed by Google. There’s some sensitive stuff in there. After the break, Emanuel tells us about Wikipedia’s new way of dealing with AI slop. In the subscribers-only section, Sam explains how we got to where we are with Steam and Itch.io; that history goes way back.
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The massive Tea breach; how the UK's age verification law is impacting access to information; and LeBron James' AI-related cease-and-desist.

The massive Tea breach; how the UKx27;s age verification law is impacting access to information; and LeBron Jamesx27; AI-related cease-and-desist.#Podcast



Spotify is publishing AI-generated tracks of dead artists; a company is selling hacked data to debt collectors; and the Astronomer CEO episode shows the surveillance dystopia we live in.#Podcast


There is a massive exodus happening in the AI world; the 'Save Our Signs' campaign, and why AI won't save the media industry.

There is a massive exodus happening in the AI world; the x27;Save Our Signsx27; campaign, and why AI wonx27;t save the media industry.#Podcast



The rise of Anubis; ICE's new facial recognition app; and a bunch of articles about LLMs.

The rise of Anubis; ICEx27;s new facial recognition app; and a bunch of articles about LLMs.#Podcast




A tool that uses facial recognition to reveal cops' names, a big and complicated AI ruling, and the AI slop between Iran and Israel.

A tool that uses facial recognition to reveal copsx27; names, a big and complicated AI ruling, and the AI slop between Iran and Israel.#Podcast


Podcast: This Site Unmasks Cops With Facial Recognition


We start this week with Emanuel and Joseph’s coverage of ‘⁠FuckLAPD.com⁠’, a website that uses facial recognition to instantly reveal a LAPD officer’s name and salary. The creator has relaunched their similar tool for identifying ICE employees too. After the break, Jason tells us about a massive AI ruling that opens the way for AI companies to scrape everyone’s art. In the subscribers-only section, our regular contributor Matthew describes all the AI slop in the Iran and Israel conflict, and why it matters.
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Airlines selling detailed flight data to DHS; how AI scrapers are hammering open archives; and the casual surveillance relationship between ICE and local cops.#Podcast


Podcast: Airlines Sold Your Flight Data to DHS—And Covered It Up


This week we start with Joseph’s article about the U.S’s major airlines selling customers’ flight information to Customs and Border Protection and then telling the agency to not reveal where the data came from. After the break, Emanuel tells us how AI scraping bots are breaking open libraries, archives, and museums. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains the casual surveillance relationship between ICE and local cops, according to emails he got.
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All about the spy planes and burning Waymos at the anti-ICE protests in LA, and a guilty plea for a massive sex trafficking ring.#Podcast


How human sexuality will outsmart prudish algorithms and hateful politicians; the open source software behind the Ukraine drone attack; and how even pro-AI subreddits are dealing with AI delusions.#Podcast


How ICE is accessing data from Flock cameras; a new invasive surveillance product; and the radical changes made at AI platform Civitai.#Podcast


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


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



Our massive story about the TeleMessage hack; hackers targeted an airline used by ICE too; and the closure of Mr. Deepfakes.#Podcast


Meta's wild AI chatbots; a wildly unethical piece of research on Reddit; and the age of realtime deepfake fraud is here.

Metax27;s wild AI chatbots; a wildly unethical piece of research on Reddit; and the age of realtime deepfake fraud is here.#Podcast




The powerful database and tool ICE has access to; the AI service that will call your parents for you; and the apparent hack of 4chan.#Podcast


How the FBI secretly ran a money laundering ring to catch hackers; a bunch of news on how the tariffs will impact the world; and the most illuminating book on Facebook in a long while.#Podcast



The sites an ICE contractor is pulling data from; why top scientists are considering leaving the U.S. for France, and why Super Nintendos are getting faster as they age.#Podcast


We chat the lack of guardrails on China-based AI video models; how cops are using AI to summarize evidence from seized mobile phones; and the AI game that is making $50,000 a month.#Podcast



A rip off summary of Joseph's book, an AI startup dehumanizing workers; and a very particular AI video of Musk and Trump.

A rip off summary of Josephx27;s book, an AI startup dehumanizing workers; and a very particular AI video of Musk and Trump.#Podcast



DOGE left its website backend exposed; lawyers own up to using AI; and a YouTube true crime documentary channel where all the murders are AI-generated.#Podcast


We talk all about Musk's takeover of the federal government, including audio of a meeting we got touching a Musk ally's AI plans. Then, AI slop in libraries.

We talk all about Muskx27;s takeover of the federal government, including audio of a meeting we got touching a Musk allyx27;s AI plans. Then, AI slop in libraries.#Podcast



We talk all about DeepSeek, the U.S. government memo metadata, and how GitHub is showing the U.S. government's transformation in real time.

We talk all about DeepSeek, the U.S. government memo metadata, and how GitHub is showing the U.S. governmentx27;s transformation in real time.#Podcast



In this special interview episode of the 404 Media Podcast, Sam talks to Alexzandra Kekesi, VP of Brand and Community at Pornhub, about age verification laws and what she's hearing from adult performers.

In this special interview episode of the 404 Media Podcast, Sam talks to Alexzandra Kekesi, VP of Brand and Community at Pornhub, about age verification laws and what shex27;s hearing from adult performers.#Podcast



Why it's more important than ever to have decentralized social networks; the geolocation AI tool being marketed to cops; and Nokia's newly discovered archive of whacky ideas.

Why itx27;s more important than ever to have decentralized social networks; the geolocation AI tool being marketed to cops; and Nokiax27;s newly discovered archive of whacky ideas.#Podcast



Employees inside Meta threatening to quit over the recent speech policy changes; thousands of apps hijacked to steal your location data; and lots of stories around the LA fires.#Podcast