The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week: - why we're suing ICE - the rise of AI 'workslop' - subscribers: Steam's malicious game problem and what we all think of Silk Song Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
A study has found that AI 'workslop', where coworkers use AI and their colleagues have to spend time fixing it, is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable."
New from 404 Media: we obtained data showing that CBP flew its drones, which include a fleet of MQ-9 Predator drones, for ICE at least 50 times over a single year. Also flew a drone for the Office of the President. Data in here:
Steam hosted a malicious game that stole $32,000 from a cancer patient live on stream. Steam clearly not doing enough to monitor its own platform
We just sued ICE. Support us here:
New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important
New from 404 Media: a CIA contractor used classified CIA systems as "his own personal Google," according to a court record we reviewed. The details are staggering: sold classified info to a foreign client accused of embezzlement. Sold info to U.S. lobbying firm
"Charlie Kirk's legacy should be that of someone who fought against free speech" You have these very big media organizations "continuing his legacy by trying to inflict consequences against anyone who disagrees with them" More on the podcast this week:
New from 404 Media: a TV channel run by Russia’s Ministry of Defense is airing a program it says is AI-generated. Says a neural network is picking the topics it wants to discuss, then uses AI to generate that video (Emmanuel Macron in hair curlers, for example)
The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week: - hack of popular dashcam maker; exposed videos of someone repeatedly visiting CIA headquarters - the sentencing of GirlsDoPorn creator - subscribers-only: the wave of firings after Charlie Kirk's assassination Listen: