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
On the podcast this week: generative AI Doom, drama in NaNoWriMo, and Apple's face swap problem.
On the podcast this week: generative AI Doom, drama in NaNoWriMo, and Applex27;s face swap problem.#Podcast
Podcast: Is Criticizing AI Ableist?
On the podcast this week: generative AI Doom, drama in NaNoWriMo, and Apple's face swap problem.Samantha Cole (404 Media)
Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses.#DIY #RighttoRepair #FourThievesVinegarCollective
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)
Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they haven't worked with the company.
Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they havenx27;t worked with the company.#LobbyMatic #JacobWohl #AIImages #AI #AILobbying
Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl’s Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It
Pfizer, Microsoft, Palantir, Home Depot, and Lockheed Martin were all shown as "clients" of LobbyMatic. All of them say they haven't worked with the company.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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 generative AI in gaming, getting into sports events, and good laptops.#BehindTheBlog
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)
Podcast: Is the Arrest of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov an Attack on Encryption?#Telegram
Podcast: Is the Arrest of Telegram Founder Pavel Durov an Attack on Encryption?
The 404 Media podcast discusses France's crackdown on Telegram.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
GameNGen is an interesting proof-of-concept for a diffusion model-based “game engine.”#News
Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair#CarRepair #RighttoRepair #repair #military
Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair
The U.S. military deals with the same repair monopolies consumers do.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
A new survey attempts to quantify just how common it is for minors to AI-generate nudes of other minors.#News
How Telegram's Founder Pavel Durov Became a Culture War Martyr
Conservatives have spent months championing Telegram as an app that more closely aligns with their values than Signal.#Telegram #PavelDurov
The Kindle book has been taken down by Amazon but the authorx27;s childrenx27;s books remain up.#CourtWatch #Amazon
FBI Uses January 6 Rioter’s Self-Published Amazon Book as Evidence Against Him
The Kindle book has been taken down by Amazon but the author's children's books remain up.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
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
Joseph went to DEF CON to talk to hackers on location. AI, hacking biology, and community all came up.#Podcast
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 running 404 Media for a whole year, public speaking, and meetings.#BehindTheBlog
In August 2023, we launched 404 Media with a novel idea: pay journalists to do journalism. Here we are, a year later.#Announcements
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"We now not only know the person that bought the ticket, but we’re going to know those three people that you are taking to the show, which we have not known historically."#Ticketmaster #TicketScalping #TicketBrokers
We break down how Taylor Swift could sue Donald Trump for a fake, AI-generated endorsement of the presidential candidate; how the U.S. is tapping an intelligence goldmine of encrypted chats; and how we approach generating impact with our journalism.#Podcast
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.