AI
'You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television
MLB's ABS system somehow feels extremely human. It's not human vs robot, it's human vs human as judged by a robot.
Good Enough
I Have Studied the Blade for 3 Years With the Bob Kramer Sharpening Kit
Bob Kramer will teach how to have a sharp knife and a sharp mind.
News
404 Media Got CEO Coaching From John Hittler
John Hittler told us why he hasn’t changed his name, and why we need to celebrate 404 Media at the French Laundry next year.
FOIA
Our First FOIA Forum! 09/14, 2PM EST
We are hosting our first FOIA Forum next Thursday. Join the livestream, file FOIAs with us, get tips, and more.
News
Let's Check What Drugs, Guns, and Counterfeit Money Instagram Is Advertising Today
Two weeks after a 404 Media investigation, let’s see if Meta has learned to do a basic search of its own platform.
News
Meet the Guy Preserving the New History of PC Games, One Linux Port at a Time
Ethan Lee has been keeping your favorite indie games running for years by porting them to Linux. Now he wants developers to start thinking about “maintenance” instead of “remasters.”
News
Andreessen Horowitz Funds ‘Uncensored’ AI That Will Tell You How to Kill Yourself
a16z funds open source AI developers who are building alternatives to OpenAI’s closed systems, but we still have no idea what’s going to happen when anyone can access uncensored LLMs.
News
AI Image Company Rebrands After 404 Media Investigation
On Wednesday 404 Media reported Kaedim had promised AI-powered 2D to 3D conversions, but had actually used human workers. Hours later, Kaedim rebranded its website and messaging.
Features
Buzzy AI Startup for Generating 3D Models Used Cheap Human Labor
Kaedim's founder was recently in a Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the company's 2D to 3D image conversion. In some cases artists produced the work wholecloth, one source said.
FOIA
Florida Demands Thousands of Dollars for Public Records About Ron DeSantis's Culture War in Schools
$7,741 to search emails about AP Psychology. $2,416 for details about why a substitute teacher was fired after posting video of empty library bookshelves. $360.20 for documents a school district first claimed didn't exist.
Viral 'SmashorPassAI' Is Just a Guy Making Hot AI-Generated Women
A site that claims "The more you rate, the hotter it gets!" is just a carousel of .png files and a dude manually generating AI images of women in bikinis.
News
Leaked Email: CBP Tells Airports Its New Facial Recognition Target is 75% of Passengers Leaving the US
An internal airport email obtained by 404 Media shows CBP is changing how it measures its goals for biometric boarding when people fly out of the U.S.
They Deepfaked a Beer: Complex Feelings About a Non-Alcoholic IPA
A review of the Flying Dog beer named after the face-swapping technology.