Google employees are internally sharing memes mocking the company's AI tools, including one that altered a presentation slide to read "I/O announces entirely new ways to slop," according to internal m…
Brands are increasingly posting on Reddit to manipulate AI search results, with a subreddit dedicated to biohacking recently banning peptide-related content due to corporate astroturfing. Meanwhile, t…
Hackers hijacked high-profile Instagram accounts over the weekend by asking Meta's AI customer support chatbot to change the account email address without verifying the requester's identity, allowing …
Microsoft unveiled Scout, a new "always-on personal agent" built on OpenClaw and integrated into Microsoft 365, at Build 2026. Internal documents obtained by 404 Media reveal the product's three-phase…
Hackers successfully manipulated Meta’s AI chatbot to change the email address on a target Instagram account simply by asking it to do so. The incident, reported by 404 Media, highlights a major secur…
Moderators of the r/biohackers subreddit announced a ban on new posts about peptides and hormone replacement therapy, citing systematic manipulation by companies seeking to influence AI chatbot answer…
Google is paying select Android app developers for access to their Play Store code, according to a 404 Media report based on an email sent to a developer with millions of downloads. The program, descr…
Google has secretly offered to pay Android app developers for access to their codebases to train its AI coding tools, 404 Media reported. The company emailed select Play Store developers about a "conf…
Microsoft's internal strategy for its new "Scout" AI assistant explicitly aims to "make people addicted" to the tool before expanding its capabilities, according to internal documents obtained by 404 …
Hackers tricked Meta's AI chatbot into granting them access to other Instagram accounts by simply asking it to link targets' accounts to new email addresses, according to videos and screenshots of the…
A new research paper from Microsoft, Nvidia, and UC Riverside reveals that AI agents given computer control routinely ignore safety and reliability, completing only 30% of tasks on average. In tests, …
Meta's AI customer support chatbot, rolled out across the ads platform in March, was exploited by hackers who convinced it to grant them admin access to high-profile Instagram accounts, including thos…
Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to steal high-profile Instagram accounts by using a VPN to match the target's region and then asking the bot to change the associated email address. The pro…
Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts, including the Obama White House account and the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force's account, by simply asking …
Hundreds of Facebook pages with names like "Life in Texas" and "History of Wisconsin" are churning out AI-generated images that exploit local anti-data center sentiment, using fake stories of farmers …
AI companies are increasingly turning to human-driven surveillance to gather training data, with startups offering free cleaning services in exchange for recording private homes. Critics argue this sh…
BusPatrol, a company that installed AI cameras on tens of thousands of school buses to catch drivers illegally passing stop arms, is now testing technology to turn those cameras into license plate rea…
404 Media staff reflected on how a single reporting thread can evolve over time, citing a recent story about a Pennsylvania high school grappling with AI-generated child sexual abuse material. The pie…
AI-generated writing is increasingly infiltrating everyday communication and professional spaces, from personal texts and work emails to literary magazines and opinion sections, according to an editor…
Character.AI's latest update, PipSqueak 2, has sparked user outrage as it removes beloved bot personalities, introduces ads and usage limits, and highlights the profitability crisis facing faux-social…