FOIA
Our New FOIA Forum! 11/19, 1PM ET
Come learn how researchers and others learned what cops were using Flock's nationwide network of cameras for, including searches for ICE.
News
Spy Site Selling Discord Messages Linked to Kiwi Farms
A site that is scraping Discord en masse and selling access to some users’ server messages and activity is linked to notorious harassment site Kiwi Farms.
AI
We Can, and We Must, Clown on the Humane AI Pin Forever
The Humane Ai Pin joins a rich tradition of terrible tech products that includes the Juicero, Coolest Cooler, and Magic Leap that we must remember forever.
News
Netflix Doc ‘What Jennifer Did’ Uses AI Images to Create False Historical Record
Documentary filmmakers were publishing guidelines on how to ethically use generative AI right as Netflix’s true crime doc was adding fake images to the historical record.
News
Gamers Are Renting Their Idle GPUs to Generate AI Porn
Salad, a company that pays gamers in Fortnite skins for their idle PCs, also generates AI porn.
AI
Facebook’s AI Told Parents Group It Has a Gifted, Disabled Child
Facebook’s chatbot eventually apologized and said it doesn’t have “personal experiences or children.”
News
Institute That Pioneered AI ‘Existential Risk’ Research Shuts Down
The Future of Humanity Institute, which along with philosopher Nick Bostrom taught the world to fear existential AI risks, is finished.
Podcast
Podcast: The 'Com World War'
This week we cover a 'world war' inside nebulous crime culture the Com; Google's miss on AI science; and a sex box.
News
A Spy Site Is Scraping Discord and Selling Users’ Messages
404 Media tested the service, called Spy Pet, and verified it is collecting information on Discord users, including the messages they post across usually disparate servers.
sex
This Man Wants to ‘Save the World’ By Letting You Jerk Off Into a Computer
The creator of the gimmicky DIY sex sleeve says any criticism against the Orifice is “gene warfare."
TV
The Dystopian Future of TV Is AI-Generated 'FAST' Garbage
TCL's new AI-generated movie "Next Stop Paris" is the next evolution in the algorithmification of TV.
AI
Review Used By UK to Limit Gender Affirming Care Uses Images of AI-Generated Kids
One image depicts a non-binary child with short pink hair, consistent with how generative AI tends to represent queer people. In another image, a child’s fingers blend together.
Amazon
All Bad Bosses at Amazon Are Now Named ‘Wayne’
The newly-fabricated dispatcher, named Wayne, represents every manager who assigns incompletable routes and package loads. But he’s based in reality.