Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Own Goals and Lying Devs
This week, we discuss a trip to Kenya, reconstructing images, and lying developers.
News
Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations
Chat & Ask AI, which claims 50 million users, exposed private chats about suicide and making meth.
News
App for Quitting Porn Leaked Users' Masturbation Habits
Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details about their sexual urges, which are now exposed.
News
Two Heads, Three Boobs: The AI Babe Meta Is Getting Surreal
The algorithm is driving AI-generated influencers to increasingly weird niches.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Signs of the Times
This week, we discuss stances on AI, a conference about money laundering, and signs about slavery coming down.
Podcast
How Wikipedia Will Survive in the Age of AI (With Wikipedia’s CTO Selena Deckelmann)
The Wikimedia Foundation’s chief technology and product officer explains how she helps manage one of the most visited sites in the world in the age of generative AI.
News
Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
Fake images of LeBron James, iShowSpeed, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and even Nicolás Maduro show them in bed with AI-generated influencers.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: The 'View From Nowhere'
This week, we discuss viewing terrible images online and giving out zines at a benefit show.
News
Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again
Putting people in bikinis is just the tip of the iceberg. On Telegram, users are finding ways to make Grok do far worse.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: We Have Recommendations For You
This week, we discuss our recommendations for the year.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Resisting Demoralization
This week, we discuss history repeating itself, a phone wipe scandal, Meta's relationship with links and more.
Podcast
Why Are We Obsessed With Aliens?
Humanity has talked about aliens throughout recorded history, and obsession that has changed science, faith, and media.