Podcast

How a deepfake nudify app rocked a high school; the spread of fake funeral livestream scams on Facebook; and a very serious investigation into whether a particular brand of vibrator is distributing malware.

This week we chat about an annoying recruitment tool, a new open source search engine, and how a botnet of toothbrushes wasn't real.

This week we have fake IDs at the click of a mouse; AI audio porn; a low tech response to the wave of deepfake abuse; and the Instagram ad to investment scam pipeline. A packed episode!

This week we have a banger episode on AI and what the future holds in a potential overcorrection of the space. Then we talk about how an Iranian linked drug trafficker hired a Hells Angel member to perform a hit on U.S. soil. Yep.

This week we go long on Google News and AI, and why Google Search is worse now. We also discuss a phone spy tool that can monitor billions.

This week we talk right to repair, an online dating lawsuit, and a follow-up to the spread of AI-enabled surveillance cameras around the country.

This week we've got deepfaked celebrities; bizarre FOIA responses; and hackers popping trains.

On this week's episode of the 404 Media Podcast, we go into a massive, nationwide Airbnb scam; talk about Pornhub cutting off access to Montana and North Carolina; and finish up with the death of Wickr.

On this week's episode we discuss how marketers might actually be listening to conversations through smart devices. Here's everything we know.

On this week's episode we discuss the bizarre case of Sergey Ochigava, who somehow flew from Denmark to the US with no ticket or passport. What happened? No one knows.

On this week's episode we focus on Emanuel's new investigation into OctoML, the engine behind the a16z funded AI startup Civitai and how it generated images that “could be categorized as child pornography,” according to internal Slack chats.

In this week's episode, we talk about the bizarre tale of a tech conference founder who listed a fake, "auto-generated" woman as a speaker, and how he is also behind a popular woman-in-tech social media personality.