New from 404 Media: inside ICE's supercharged facial recognition app of 200 million images. After scanning someone's face, it can query DHS, CBP, FBI, State Department, and state databases at once. An unprecedented linking of government databases into a single tool.
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Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images
404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Depart...
New from 404 Media: hacked data we obtained reveal dozens of unknown people on deportation flights to El Salvador. No acknowledgement from DHS. "We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even they don’t know." We are publishing the names here:
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Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador
Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard fr...
The 404 Media Podcast is out! - the AI exodus triggered by payment processors - 'Save the Signs' campaign - subscribers-only: why AI won't save the media industry
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Podcast: The AI Exodus Begins
There is a massive exodus happening in the AI world; the 'Save Our Signs' campaign, and why AI won't save the media industry.
This is the real future of AI: ordering mid chicken at Bojangles through an AI-powered assistant. "This is how a new technology takes over, what it feels like right before it becomes ubiquitous. One day you wake up and the cameras are everywhere"
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The Real Future of AI Is Ordering Mid Chicken at Bojangles
This month I ordered a meal at the Bojangles drive-thru in South Carolina, which is now using AI. This is how AI becomes the background noise of th...
New from 404 Media: many people turn to 3D-printed weapons because they are largely untraceable. But in a scientific field that's just getting started, it might be possible for police to link specific 3D-printed weapons to particular printers
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3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought
Early studies show that 3D printers may leave behind similar toolmarks on repeated prints.
The audio of a recent Mark Zuckerberg interview about AI went silent. So we used AI, some of which are supposed to be good at lip reading, to figure out what Zuckerberg said. Here's the transcript
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Saving the Lost Silent Zuckerberg Interview With the Amazing Power of AI
Nearly two minutes of Mark Zuckerberg's thoughts about AI have been lost to the sands of time. Can Meta's all-powerful AI recover this artifact?
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'ICE Block' is an app that lets users report sightings of ICE officials in their local area. The app says it doesn't collect peoples' location data, preserves their privacy, etc. A security researcher now corroborates that.
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Immigration Raid Tracking App ‘ICE Block’ Keeps Your Data Private, Researcher Finds
The app, which jumped to the top of an App Store chart, lets users report sightings of ICE officials.
New from 404 Media: we spoke to the researcher who found hackers can remotely trigger brakes on American trains. Says was ignored for years, DHS confirmed. "All of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet, AI could even build it for you."
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Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years
“All of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet. AI could even build it for you,” the researcher told 404 Media.