Reddit's AI generated answers are giving bad advice, including in a medical subreddit; moderators can't stop the AI answers appearing
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Reddit's AI Suggests Users Try Heroin
AI-generated Reddit Answers are giving bad advice in medical subreddits and moderators can’t opt out.
ICE had access to a nationwide network of AI-enabled surveillance cameras that constantly track vehicles', and by extension peoples, movements without a warrant
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ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras
Flock has built a nationwide surveillance network of AI-powered cameras and given many more federal agencies access. Senator Ron Wyden told Flock ...
New from 404 Media: sites that use facial recognition are letting people unmask anyone's Tinder profile. I tested them out on two people; uncovered their account with their face. Designed to catch cheaters, but a massive gift to stalkers too. Going viral via creators
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Viral ‘Cheater Buster’ Sites Use Facial Recognition to Let Anyone Reveal Peoples’ Tinder Profiles
Videos demoing one of the sites have repeatedly gone viral on TikTok and other platforms recently. 404 Media verified they can locate specific peop...
New from 404 Media: ICE, the Secret Service, and NCIS all had access to Flock's nationwide network of AI-enabled cameras, letter reveals. Shows many more federal agencies had access to network that authorities typically use without a warrant to search whole country
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ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras
Flock has built a nationwide surveillance network of AI-powered cameras and given many more federal agencies access. Senator Ron Wyden told Flock ...
New from 404 Media: the end of Windows 10 support is an e-waste disaster in the making. 400 million computers that cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 set to be cut off from receiving free security updates. Set to affect as many as 42% of all Windows computers worldwide.
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The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making
In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.
New: senators warn that Saudi Arabia's acquisition of EA will be used for 'foreign influence'. Points to access to EA user data, AI tech, and the general direction of the company
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Senators Warn Saudi Arabia’s Acquisition of EA Will Be Used for ‘Foreign Influence’
‘The proposed transaction poses a number of significant foreign influence and national security risks.’
The 404 Media Podcast is up! - Meta tells employees to work 5x harder with AI - the massive Discord breach - subscribers: what happened when AI came for craft beer Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
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Podcast: Meta Tells Workers to ‘Go 5x Faster’ with AI
Meta tells its metaverse workers to push harder with AI; the massive Discord breach; and what happened when AI came for craft beer.
openai to finally acknowledge what has been driving the AI boom for years and years but no one really wants to admit: chatbots you can fuck
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ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck
As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and othe...
"A frog [..] standing up to ICE covered in weapons and armor is absurd, and that’s part of why it’s hitting so hard. But the frog is also a practical piece [..] in an age of mass surveillance, police brutality, and masked federal agents disappearing people"
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The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog
Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.
A lawyer was explaining to court why he used AI when he was then caught using AI in that explanation of why he was using AI (earlier)
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Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI
The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations...