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This Tool Shows Some Telegram Users’ Approximate Physical Location
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This Tool Shows Some Telegram Users’ Approximate Physical Location

The tool relies on Telegram's opt-in "Find People Nearby" feature, but allows searches for Telegram users globally.
Pornhub's Biggest Star Is Promoting an AI Nonconsensual 'Nudify' App
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Pornhub's Biggest Star Is Promoting an AI Nonconsensual 'Nudify' App

Sweetie Fox, Pornhub’s top adult content creator, made a sponsored video for a well-known nonconsensual “nudify” app.
Google Updates Ad Policy to Ban All AI-Generated Porn
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Google Updates Ad Policy to Ban All AI-Generated Porn

Google will now ban all ads for “synthetic sexually explicit content,” even if the ad itself is not explicit.
Pokémon Go Players Invent Fake Beaches on Real Maps to Catch Rare Wigletts
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Pokémon Go Players Invent Fake Beaches on Real Maps to Catch Rare Wigletts

Volunteer maintainers of the widely used OpenStreetMap are battling Pokémon Go players who are vandalizing the map with fake data in order to cheat in the game.
Tech Companies Promise to Try to Do Something About All the AI CSAM They’re Enabling
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Tech Companies Promise to Try to Do Something About All the AI CSAM They’re Enabling

The biggest tech companies in the world pledge to do something about the harmful AI images they are actively enabling.
Discord Shuts Down ‘Spy Pet’ Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages
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Discord Shuts Down ‘Spy Pet’ Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages

After 404 Media reported on the service last week, Discord has now shut down a mass of scraping accounts and says it is considering legal action.
Apple Removes Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps Following 404 Media Investigation
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Apple Removes Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps Following 404 Media Investigation

Apple and Google appear more willing to take action against these apps than they were in the past.
Android TVs Can Expose User Email Inboxes
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Android TVs Can Expose User Email Inboxes

An attacker requires physical access, but it’s possible to sideload Chrome onto some Android TVs which then gives access to the users’ email inbox. Google says it’s now fixing the issue.
Inside a Modern Murder-for-Hire in NYC
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Inside a Modern Murder-for-Hire in NYC

Bitcoin, Telegram, and Instagram. All were involved in a recent murder-for-hire and extortion plot in New York City.
Microsoft Deleted Its LLM Because It Didn’t Get a Safety Test, But Now It’s Everywhere
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Microsoft Deleted Its LLM Because It Didn’t Get a Safety Test, But Now It’s Everywhere

Microsoft deleted its WizardLM 2 LLM because it didn’t go through “toxicity testing,” but it’s already all over the internet.
Spy Site Selling Discord Messages Linked to Kiwi Farms
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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.
Netflix Doc ‘What Jennifer Did’ Uses AI Images to Create False Historical Record
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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.