This article is a behind-the-scenes look at the week's top stories, focusing on former reality star Spencer Pratt's controversial mayoral campaign in Los Angeles. The author expresses horror at Pratt'…
In December 2024, a freshman at Radnor High School in Pennsylvania used a paid app called Movely to create nonconsensual deepfake sexual images of five female classmates, sparking widespread conflict …
In December 2023, a freshman boy at Radnor High School in Pennsylvania used an app called Movely to create AI-generated nude images of five female classmates, aged 14-15, and shared them with friends,…
The Library of Leng, created by software engineer Gregor Stocks, is a searchable database that has preserved over 175,000 articles about *Magic: The Gathering* from the past 30 years. It archives cont…
Scientists have discovered 567-million-year-old fossils in Canada's Northwest Territories, providing the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction and locomotion in animals, pushing back the origins of a…
The treasurer of Saline Township, Michigan, resigned in tears after receiving death threats related to the construction of a $16 billion Oracle and OpenAI data center. The threats escalated after the …
After months of controversy and vandalism, the Bandera, Texas city council voted 3-2 to end its contract with Flock, a company providing AI-powered license plate reader cameras. In response, dissentin…
A podcast episode where Sam criticizes commencement speakers, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, for praising AI. It also mentions Jason’s offer to buy images of feces for AI training, and a su…
A British streamer named Sam Pepper used a real-time deepfake app on the streaming platform Kick to impersonate YouTuber Mr. Beast. During the stream, Pepper, who has been banned from other platforms …
A judge dismissed Nikko D’Ambrosio’s lawsuit against Meta after finding that his attorney, Aaron Walner, submitted a brief containing AI-generated errors and fictitious legal citations. D’Ambrosio had…
The FBI is seeking to purchase nationwide access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs), which would enable the agency to track vehicle movements across the country without a warrant, according to…
In this podcast episode, critical informatics scholar Britt Paris discusses her new book, *Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up*, which examines the physical infrastructur…
University of Washington researchers planned to have preschool teachers wear cameras to record first-person footage of classroom interactions, aiming to use the data to train AI models. One parent des…
The article describes the discovery of a new and unusual type of crystal that was created by a nuclear explosion. The crystal's unique structure was formed from the intense heat and pressure of the bl…
According to an email viewed by 404 Media, a private conference featuring prominent members of the Iranian diaspora, including venture capitalists, tech CEOs, and the son of Iran's former leader, will…
ArXiv, a major open-access repository for academic preprints, has announced a new policy imposing a one-year ban on authors who submit papers containing obvious AI-generated content, such as hallucina…
This article is a behind-the-scenes look at how a story about ICE using Palantir to track 20 million people on iPhones was reported. The journalist, Joseph, explains he gathered information by speakin…
The Mayo Clinic is using "Ambient Listening" technology to record patient interactions with nurses in emergency rooms, with the data processed by AI. The recording system is opt-out rather than opt-in…
A Reddit user on r/DHExchange offering to sell a database of over 150,000 labeled images of human feces, collected from 25,000 users of his AI-powered poop analysis app. The poster sought advice on mo…
The cost of fiber-optic cable has risen sharply due to increased demand from both the AI-driven data center boom and military use in drone warfare, particularly in Ukraine and Russia. Combatants now u…