Emanuel Maiberg

Emanuel Maiberg

Emanuel Maiberg is interested in little known communities and processes that shape technology, troublemakers, and petty beefs. Email him at emanuel@404media.co
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'Team Fortress 2' Botters Use AI Voice to Defame Critic
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'Team Fortress 2' Botters Use AI Voice to Defame Critic

Team Fortress 2’s botting problem has escalated to doxing, swatting, and defaming people who call attention to it.
Why Do These Instagram Electricians Want to 'Deep Throat' You?
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Why Do These Instagram Electricians Want to 'Deep Throat' You?

A convoluted web of referral schemes results in Instagram ads for roofers who want to have sex with you.
Amazon Sold Fake Copies of Hotly Anticipated UFO Book
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Amazon Sold Fake Copies of Hotly Anticipated UFO Book

UFO enthusiasts admit they bought scam copies of Luis Elizondo’s upcoming “Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs.”
Would You Waste Less of Your Life Online If You Got Daily ‘Attention Receipts’?
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Would You Waste Less of Your Life Online If You Got Daily ‘Attention Receipts’?

The experiment found that "the materiality of the receipt improves reflection and therefore influences the quality and quantity of time spent on YouTube."
What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone Online
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What It’s Like Finding Your Nonconsensual AI Clone Online

Ali Diamond captured the exact moment she found out someone had posted an AI model of her to Civitai without her consent.
AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Is Not a ‘Victimless Crime’
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AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material Is Not a ‘Victimless Crime’

The ability to produce infinite images powered by datasets containing millions of photographs of real people, including children, and real images of real CSAM, perpetuates abuse in a way that was previously impossible. 
Google Researchers Say AI Now Leading Disinformation Vector (and Are Severely Undercounting the Problem)
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Google Researchers Say AI Now Leading Disinformation Vector (and Are Severely Undercounting the Problem)

It’s much easier to produce AI-generated disinformation than it is to fact check it.
Reddit’s Goon Cave Community Has Been Banned
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Reddit’s Goon Cave Community Has Been Banned

r/GoonCaves has been banned for violating Reddit’s non-consensual intimate media rules.
Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails
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Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails

A Patreon account that sold nonconsensual AI-generated porn has exposed a list of customer emails to 404 Media.
How Makers of Nonconsensual AI Porn Make a Living on Patreon
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How Makers of Nonconsensual AI Porn Make a Living on Patreon

Accounts that present as benign on Patreon are advertising thousands of nonconsensual AI porn images on Telegram.
Chinese Mobile Game Asks 70 Year Olds to Use Facial Recognition to Prove They Aren't Children
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Chinese Mobile Game Asks 70 Year Olds to Use Facial Recognition to Prove They Aren't Children

Eggy Party had to explain that it was scanning the faces of older players to prevent minors from bypassing China’s anti-addiction regulations.
Roblox Community Protests ‘Communism’ Update
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Roblox Community Protests ‘Communism’ Update

Welcome to Bloxburg players are holding “Anti Communism” signs and throwing boxes of pizza into the ocean to protest an attempt to create income equality.