How we tracked ourselves with exposed Flock cameras; a year in review; and our personal recommendations on all sorts of things.#Podcast
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.#News
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.#Flock
An exoplanet located 750 light years from Earth has an atmosphere unlike anything previously known.#TheAbstract
This week, we discuss history repeating itself, a phone wipe scandal, Meta's relationship with links and more.
This week, we discuss history repeating itself, a phone wipe scandal, Metax27;s relationship with links and more.#BehindTheBlog
Oversight Democrats released a new trove of Epstein pictures on Dropbox and left the comments on.#News #JeffreyEpstein
Scientists found submerged stone structures off Brittany that date back at least 7,000 years, which may have been used as fish traps and protective cover for prehistoric people.#TheAbstract
A man was charged for allegedly wiping a phone before CBP could search it; an Anthropic exec forced AI onto a Discord community that didn't want it; and we talk the Disney-OpenAI deal.
A man was charged for allegedly wiping a phone before CBP could search it; an Anthropic exec forced AI onto a Discord community that didnx27;t want it; and we talk the Disney-OpenAI deal.#Podcast
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropicx27;s Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.#News
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
A Discord community for gay gamers is in disarray after one of its moderators and an executive at Anthropic forced the company’s AI chatbot on the Discord, despite protests from members.Users voted to restrict Anthropic's Claude to its own channel, but Jason Clinton, Anthropic’s Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and a moderator in the Discord, overrode them. According to members of this Discord community who spoke with 404 Media on the condition of anonymity, the Discord that was once vibrant is now a ghost town. They blame the chatbot and Clinton’s behavior following its launch.
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Valorie Moser, the former bookkeeper and co-conspirator for GirlsDoPorn, was sentenced to two years in prison.#girlsdoporn
Normally, it’s bad news to be next to an exploding star. But ancient supernovae may have aided the formation of our home world—and perhaps Earthlike planets elsewhere.#TheAbstract
This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of the zine, and more.#BehindTheBlog
‘Architects of AI’ Wins Time Person of the Year, Sends Gambling Markets Into a Meltdown#TimePersonoftheYear
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.#AI
The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.#TheAbstract
Our new zine; a very strange change at Instagram; and the creator of ICEBlock is suing the U.S. government.#Podcast
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.#Announcements
Noelle and Sam discuss everything from sexbots and AI porn to censorship, age verification legislation, and their favorite parody porn flicks.#Podcast
Scientists found sugars that are essential for life on asteroid Bennu, which has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth in 2182.#TheAbstract
This week, we discuss PC woes, voice deepfakes, and mutual aid.#BehindTheBlog
Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted#News
AI models can meaningfully sway voters on candidates and issues, including by using misinformation, and they are also evading detection in public surveys according to three new studies.#TheAbstract #News
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work and relocate from their homes.
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work and relocate from their homes.#ChatGPT #spotify #AI
Something very strange is happening on Apple Podcasts; someone seemingly changed a map of the Ukraine war in connection with a betting site; and now half of the U.S. requires a face or ID scan to watch porn.#Podcast
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country. #ageverification #porn