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
225 posts
AI Images in Google Search Results Have Opened a Portal to Hell
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AI Images in Google Search Results Have Opened a Portal to Hell

Google image search results are turning up AI-generated images of celebrities and leading users to sites that host AI-generated nudes celebrities made to look like children.
Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on GitHub to Protest 'Art Theft'
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Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on GitHub to Protest 'Art Theft'

An extension for a popular Stable Diffusion graphical user interface on Github appears to have been stealing users’ login credentials.
Americans Are Hiring People in the Philippines to Help Them Find Adderall
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Americans Are Hiring People in the Philippines to Help Them Find Adderall

For $50 a prescription, a freelancer overseas will call pharmacies in your area to find Adderall and weight loss drugs like Mounjaro or WeGovy.
'Team Fortress 2' Botters Use AI Voice to Defame Critic
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'Team Fortress 2' Botters Use AI Voice to Defame Critic

Team Fortress 2’s botting problem has escalated to doxing, swatting, and defaming people who call attention to it.
Why Do These Instagram Electricians Want to 'Deep Throat' You?
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Why Do These Instagram Electricians Want to 'Deep Throat' You?

A convoluted web of referral schemes results in Instagram ads for roofers who want to have sex with you.
Amazon Sold Fake Copies of Hotly Anticipated UFO Book
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Amazon Sold Fake Copies of Hotly Anticipated UFO Book

UFO enthusiasts admit they bought scam copies of Luis Elizondo’s upcoming “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs.”
Would You Waste Less of Your Life Online If You Got Daily ‘Attention Receipts’?
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Would You Waste Less of Your Life Online If You Got Daily ‘Attention Receipts’?

The experiment found that "the materiality of the receipt improves reflection and therefore influences the quality and quantity of time spent on YouTube."
What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone Online
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What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone Online

Ali Diamond captured the exact moment she found out someone had posted an AI model of her to Civitai without her consent.
AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Is Not a ‘Victimless Crime’
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AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Is Not a ‘Victimless Crime’

The ability to produce infinite images powered by datasets containing millions of photographs of real people, including children, and real images of real CSAM, perpetuates abuse in a way that was previously impossible. 
Google Researchers Say AI Now Leading Disinformation Vector (and Are Severely Undercounting the Problem)
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Google Researchers Say AI Now Leading Disinformation Vector (and Are Severely Undercounting the Problem)

It’s much easier to produce AI-generated disinformation than it is to fact check it.
Reddit’s Goon Cave Community Has Been Banned
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Reddit’s Goon Cave Community Has Been Banned

r/GoonCaves has been banned for violating Reddit’s non-consensual intimate media rules.
Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails
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Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails

A Patreon account that sold nonconsensual AI-generated porn has exposed a list of customer emails to 404 Media.