Donald Trump accepted fake endorsements from AI-generated versions of Taylor Swift and her fans. Under a recently-enacted Tennessee law, the AI-generated images could be illegal.#AI #truthsocial #Twitter #Deepfakes
David Millette, a YouTube creator, filed a class action lawsuit against Nvidia citing “unjust enrichment and unfair competition” for how the company built its training data for the “Cosmos” project video model.#nvidia #AI #AIScraping #YouTube
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss LLMs and languages, and a big data breach.#BehindTheBlog
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
Sam has a new narrative feature all about the hunt for Michael Pratt.#Podcast
'She Turned Ghost White:' How a Ragtag Group of Friends Tracked Down a Sex Trafficking Ringleader
Michael Pratt hid a massive sex trafficking ring in plain sight on PornHub. On the run from the FBI, an unexpected crew of ex-military, ex-intelligence officers and a lawyer tracked him down using his love of rare sneakers and crypto.#girlsdoporn
Neal Agarwalx27;s eyes-only video chat sets you up with a strangerx27;s eyes only.#fun #videochatting
I Gazed Lovingly Into Strangers’ Eyes on ‘Eyechat’
Neal Agarwal's eyes-only video chat sets you up with a stranger's eyes only.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
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
Entropic Engineering, the small company that helped manufacture this year’s DEF CON badge, claims the conference organizers failed to pay for completed work. DEF CON says the company went well over budget.#defcon
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss crushing and publishing stories and what goes into reporting on a leak.#BehindTheBlog
Hackers are using false identities to book Airbnbs after being doxed and hunted by violent criminals.#News
Two men face felony charges after allegedly losing an iPhone in the snow after a break-in at a post office.
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
Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From
Facebook itself is paying creators in India, Vietnam, and the Philippines for bizarre AI spam that they are learning to make from YouTube influencers and guides sold on Telegram.#AI #Facebook #ArtificialIntelligence
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Olympics posting, Reddit wildness, and "hacktivism."#BehindTheBlog
Podcast: Signal's President Meredith Whittaker on Backdoors and AI
We speak to Meredith Whittaker about the threat posed by AI to end-to-end encryption, what backdoors actually look like, and much more in this special interview episode.#Podcast
Here's the Video for Our Fourth FOIA Forum: PACER with Seamus Hughes
PACER expert Seamus Hughes shows us how to dig up interesting court cases and so much more.#FOIAForum
Reddit says that it doesn’t want companies scraping the site for AI. Microsoft says it’s not doing that.#News
A traffic stop in Alabama led to the discovery of a large-scale counterfeiting ring.#CourtWatch #Apple #Counterfeiting
The case of Unlocked4Life, who outed himself on Adam-22x27;s No Jumper podcast, shows how Instagram account scammers have escalated to violence and intimidation too.#Instagram
Scammer Allegedly Makes $600,000 a Month Holding Instagram Accounts Hostage
The case of Unlocked4Life, who outed himself on Adam-22's No Jumper podcast, shows how Instagram account scammers have escalated to violence and intimidation too.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
We go long on robots.txt, AI scraping, and what it means for search and the web today. Also, a leaked document shows a multibillion dollar AI company scraped YouTube videos from specific creators, and we discuss Skibidi.#Podcast
AI companion Friend appears to have spent most of its funds on buying friend.com.#News