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New OpenAI CEO Was a Character in a Harry Potter Fanfic That's Wildly Popular With Effective Altruists
OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear says he believes there is a 5-50 percent chance of AI-induced apocalypse.
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Users Can't Speak to Viral AI Girlfriend CarynAI Because CEO Is in Jail for Arson
“CarynAI being down has really caused an uproar within my community,” Caryn Marjorie said.
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Will Instagram Remove This AI Nazi Taylor Swift Image After I Post This Article?
An AI-generated image of Taylor Swift in a Nazi uniform pushing an Jewish person into an oven has been shared by an account with more than 150,000 followers. Time for an experiment.
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Hackers Use Online Casinos to Gamble Mountains of Cash They Steal from Victims
Members of the wider digital underground, known as The Com, often funnel stolen Bitcoin into a variety of online casinos including Stake, material obtained by 404 Media shows.
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Andreessen Horowitz Invests in Civitai, Which Profits From Nonconsensual AI Porn
A16z has invested in Civitai, which a 404 Media investigation has shown profits from the creation of nonconsensual AI-generated porn of real people.
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The $2,000 Phones that Let Anyone Make Robocalls
Videos collected by 404 Media over months give a peep inside the world of spoofing numbers, automated call scripts, and a specific seller of the phones.
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Pornhub ‘Deeply Regrets’ Hosting Girls Do Porn Content
Pornhub’s parent company has reached an agreement with the US Attorney’s office after an FBI investigation.
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Giant AI Platform Introduces ‘Bounties’ for Deepfakes of Real People
404 Media has found at least one instance of a bounty for a private person who has no significant public online presence.
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‘Hello Sir/Ma’am’: Person Linked to Scam Asks FBI for His Seized Cryptocurrency Back
The FBI froze cryptocurrency stored in a Binance account the agency believes is linked to a scam targeting an elderly victim. The apparent owner would like it back.
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How SIM Swappers Straight-Up Rob T-Mobile Stores
Video shot from a getaway car shows how SIM swappers have snatched worker tablets to help them take over phone numbers.
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Omegle, the Site That Paired Strangers for Video Chats, Is Dead
The owner of the site took it offline as of Wednesday, and wrote a long message to users alluding to "attacks" against the site.
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Nyan Cat Comes Out of Retirement to Say “Free Palestine”
An ancient meme comes back to say: “End the occupation, cease-fire now, no to genocide, free Palestine.”