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Iran Is Winning the AI Slop Propaganda War
“White House videos—AI or otherwise—are like group-chat in-jokes aimed at keeping cohesion.”
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Google Contractor Used Admin Access to Leak Info From Private Nintendo YouTube Video
The leak made its way to Reddit, which teased the release of a new Yoshi game in 2017.
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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.”
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Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents
An internal Google database obtained by 404 Media shows Google recording childrens' voices, saving license plates from Street View, and many other self-reported incidents, large and small.
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Ticketmaster Confirms Hack in SEC Filing
404 Media also obtained a second, larger sample of the data, which is connected to genuine accounts on the Ticketmaster website.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Google's Excuses and Facing Reality
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Google's excuses for its terrible AI product, clicking aimlessly around the internet, and encrypted criminal communications.
All Eyes on Rafah
Viral ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ Image Came From Facebook Group to Make ‘AI Industry Prosper’
The version that went viral on Instagram had a watermark that said it was AI-generated removed.
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Hacker Allegedly Wanted to Become the Tech Arm of ISIS
An alleged fraudster who used Genesis Market, a bazaar for all sorts of stolen credentials and cookies, was also secretly making plans to join ISIS and help with violent attacks.
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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."
4chan
Internet Sleuths Finally Find Origin of 'The Backrooms' Creepypasta Image
After years of searching, a team of researchers have solved a 4chan mystery.
awdtsg
'Are We Dating the Same Guy' Guy Imprisoned for Tax Fraud
After suing 27 women and multiple platforms because people he'd dated warned others not to date him, he filed a class action lawsuit against them. Now, he's headed to federal prison.
Rafah
All Eyes on Rafah’s Virality Creates Market for AI Spam About Palestine
AI images and AI spam variations of 'All Eyes on Rafah' are now flooding Facebook and Instagram.
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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.