Emanuel Maiberg

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
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Facebook Says It’s Not Forcing You to Follow Trump
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Facebook Says It’s Not Forcing You to Follow Trump

Some Facebook users were shocked to see Trump in their feeds yesterday, but that’s likely because they were already following official administration accounts.
Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub
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Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub

Justice Alito should watch this Pornhub video about calculus.
Instagram Ads Send This Nudify Site 90 Percent of Its Traffic
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Instagram Ads Send This Nudify Site 90 Percent of Its Traffic

A service for creating AI-generated nude images of real people is running circles around Meta’s moderation efforts.
CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don’t Like Making Music
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CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don’t Like Making Music

"I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music.”
Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship
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Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship

Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users.
‘Minion Gore’ Videos Use AI to Post Murder to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
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‘Minion Gore’ Videos Use AI to Post Murder to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

People are using AI video generator Runway to post extremely violent Minionfied videos to social media.
We Don’t Want Your Password
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We Don’t Want Your Password

Some people don't love our magic link logins. But the best way for us to protect your password is to never ask for it.
APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI
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APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI

Anthropic created an AI jailbreaking algorithm that keeps tweaking prompts until it gets a harmful response.
YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense
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YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense

YouTube’s rollout of AI tools shows nonsensical AI-generated audience engagement and AI slop thumbnails.
Congress Pushes Apple to Remove Deepfake Apps After 404 Media Investigation
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Congress Pushes Apple to Remove Deepfake Apps After 404 Media Investigation

Congress is asking Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other big tech companies why they can’t get their deepfake problem under control.
404 Media Objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Subpoena to Access Our Reporting
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404 Media Objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Subpoena to Access Our Reporting

404 Media's reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas. We are fighting it.
The Unauthorized Effort to Archive Netflix’s Disappeared Interactive Shows
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The Unauthorized Effort to Archive Netflix’s Disappeared Interactive Shows

A group of fans are reverse engineering Netflix and creating unauthorized archives of interactive shows like Battle Kitty and Minecraft: Story Mode