ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
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ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets

The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
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ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
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ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets

The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
Podcast: How to Fight Back Against AI Bot Scrapers
Podcast

Podcast: How to Fight Back Against AI Bot Scrapers

The rise of Anubis; ICE's new facial recognition app; and a bunch of articles about LLMs.
'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It
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'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It

Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear.
Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon
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Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon

LLMs don’t read the danger in requests if you use enough big words.
Polymarket Gamblers Go to War Over Whether Zelenskyy Wore a Suit
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Polymarket Gamblers Go to War Over Whether Zelenskyy Wore a Suit

More than $160 million in crypto is riding on the definition of 'suit.'
The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
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The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers

Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
Podcast: The Life Changing Power of Lifting
Podcast

Podcast: The Life Changing Power of Lifting

Jason speaks to Casey Johnston, author of A Physical Education.
Gone Fishin': 404 Media Summer Break 2025
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Gone Fishin': 404 Media Summer Break 2025

404 Media is closed this week. School's out.
Killer Whales Make Their Own Tools, Scientists Discover
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Killer Whales Make Their Own Tools, Scientists Discover

It’s the first observed instance of a marine mammal manufacturing tools.
Behind the Blog: Chatbot 'Addiction' and a Reading List
Behind The Blog

Behind the Blog: Chatbot 'Addiction' and a Reading List

This week, we discuss wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film.
Fine-Tuning LLMs For ‘Good’ Behavior Makes Them More Likely To Say No
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Fine-Tuning LLMs For ‘Good’ Behavior Makes Them More Likely To Say No

Researchers took inspiration from r/AmITheAsshole to find out if chatbots are likely to demonstrate an exaggerated version of human beings’ “bias for inaction.”
DNA from Prehistoric Proto-City Reveals 'Surprising' Signs of Female-Centered Society
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DNA from Prehistoric Proto-City Reveals 'Surprising' Signs of Female-Centered Society

An unprecedented study reveals maternal lineages, female-centered practices, and a “surprising shift” in a 9,000-year-old settlement associated with a goddess cult.