AI
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
DOGE
I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves
The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.
AI
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
AI
Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate
Copilot “can help with routine Senate work, including drafting and editing documents, summarizing information, preparing talking points and briefing material, and conducting research and analysis,” the memo says.
Podcast
Podcast: How to Talk to Your Friend Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'
What experts say about AI psychosis, how ProtonMail data helped the FBI identify a protester, and a viral app that exposed incredibly personal data of hundreds of thousands of people.
Flock
From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched
To better understand what exactly we’re looking at in this dystopian surveillance hellscape, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox joined Reddit's r/technology for an Ask Me Anything session.
News
Cybertruck Tried to Drive 'Straight Off an Overpass' Attorney Claims
‘Elon Musk is an aggressive and irresponsible salesman, who has a long history of making dangerous design choices, and over-promising the features of his products.’
The Abstract
Scientists Discover Vast Ancient Trade Network That Rewrites History with Parrot DNA
“I think we often underestimate their capabilities,” said one of the researchers who uncovered a pre-Inca trade route linking the Amazon rainforest to the Pacific coast.
News
Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users
A couple of 20-year-old developers make $500,000 a month promising to help men to stop watching porn, but exposed their private porn watching habits.
Podcast
Understanding Roblox’s Grooming Problem
Cecilia D’Anstasio on Roblox’s efforts to protect children from pedophiles.
AI
How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis'
Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.
News
I Visited the ‘Freedom Truck’ to Meet PragerU’s AI Slop Founders
The 'Freedom Trucks' will haul AI slop George Washington on a tour across 48 American states.
The Abstract
Humanity Has Altered an Asteroid’s Orbit Around the Sun
A NASA spacecraft into a small asteroid in 2022 moved its orbit around the Sun, according to a study that presents the “first-ever measurement of human-caused change in the heliocentric orbit of a celestial body.”