New from 404 Media: Civitai, the AI model sharing site backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is allowing users to AI generate nonconsensual porn of real people, despite the site’s policies against this type of content
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'Configuration Issue' Allows Civitai Users to AI Generate Nonconsensual Porn Videos
404 Media found that people were using Civitai to create nonconsensual AI porn videos of anyone for a small price.
So judging by the $256 million dollar sale of 23andMe, your genetic data is worth like $17
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23andMe Sale Shows Your Genetic Data Is Worth $17
23andMe sold the genetic data of 15 million people for $256 million to a pharmaceutical company called Regeneron.
A student made a tool that he says identifies 'radicals' on Reddit by giving them a radicalization score, then can deploy an AI-powered bot to talk to them, attempt to de-radicalize. No training in extremism; shows more people making AI targeting Reddit users
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Student Makes Tool That Identifies ‘Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys AI Bots to Engage With Them
The tool scans for users writing certain keywords on Reddit and assigns those users a so-called “radical score,” before deploying an AI-powered...
Customs and Border Protection seized shipment of t-shirts from streetwear brand that sells “Eliminate ICE” t-shirt and others critical of police and capitalism. Emails seen by 404 Media indicate the shirts are going to be shipped back to China or will be “destroyed.”
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CBP Seizes Shipment of T-Shirts Featuring Swarm of Bees Attacking a Cop
The shirts will be returned to China or will be “destroyed under CBP supervision."
New from 404 Media: Flock, the license plate reader company that has cameras all across the U.S., is now building a massive people lookup tool using hacked data. The plan is to "jump from LPR to person." Won't require a warrant. This is according to leak we obtained.
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License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows
Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked...
The 404 Media Podcast is out! This week: - an AI avatar of a killed man testified in court - Meta to add facial recognition to its smart glasses after all - subscribers-only: how AI is changing baseball
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Podcast: AI Avatar of Killed Man Testifies in Court
A killed man's AI avatar testifies in court; Meta is developing facial recognition for its smart glasses; and how AI is changing baseball.
Kanye's Nazi song is all over Instagram
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Kanye’s Nazi Song Is All Over Instagram
Kanye’s Nazi song has been chased off of most mainstream platforms, but it’s all over Instagram.
We love a 5,000 word article on 404 Media about how AI, simulations, and technology have revolutionized not just how baseball is played and managed, but how we experience it, too.
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The Simulation Says the Orioles Should Be Good
AI, simulations, and technology have revolutionized not just how baseball is played and managed, but how we experience it, too.
“When there’s too much contact, the markers on mo-cap suits start to fall off and break,” CD Projekt Red (maker of Cyberpunk 2077) creative director Igor Sarzyński said. Read this in-depth feature on how video game sex scenes are made:
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How Video Game Sex Scenes Are Made
Game developers use intimacy coordinators, velcro, and juicy oranges to make better sex in games.
Went on PBS to talk about the hack of GlobalX, one of ICE's primary airlines for reporting people, and what that data can show us. Also spoke about the hack of TeleMessage, the hacked Signal clone used by the Trump administration
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Hackers leak to press passenger details of Trump deportation flights
More than a month after The Atlantic broke the story that top U.S. officials were sharing military attack plans on Signal, the Trump administration...