Emanuel Maiberg

Emanuel Maiberg is interested in little known communities and processes that shape technology, troublemakers, and petty beefs. Email him at emanuel@404media.co

344 posts

Behind the Blog: Using Your Brain

This week, we discuss wishes made for better privacy, god complexes, and the point of it all.

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Samantha Cole

· Feb 27, 2026

Company Helps Men Scrub Negative Posts About Them from Tea App

“We just want to take down posts about people who are being defamed," the company's founder said. “And when I say defamed, it means like, ‘this guy has a small penis,’ or ‘this guy smells.’"

Emanuel Maiberg

· Feb 26, 2026

Meta's AI Patent to Simulate Dead People Shows the Dangers of 'Spectral Labor'

Researchers say Meta’s patent for simulating dead users could be a “turning point” in “AI resurrections.”

Emanuel Maiberg

· Feb 23, 2026

Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox

Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a “rookie mistake.”

Emanuel Maiberg

· Feb 23, 2026

Behind the Blog: Nothing to Hide Here

This week, we discuss parenting blogs, Pinterest sawing its own legs off, and legal guardrails.

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Emanuel Maiberg ,

Jason Koebler ,

Samantha Cole

· Feb 20, 2026

We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons

“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.

Emanuel Maiberg

· Feb 19, 2026

'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School

Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."

Emanuel Maiberg

· Feb 17, 2026