Twitter Now Showing Ads For Nonconsensual 'AI Undress' Apps
Elon Musk's X scrapes straight through the bottom of the barrel, continues digging.
Security
Ubiquiti Users Somehow Being Fed Access to Strangers' Security Cameras
"This is not expected behavior," Ubiquiti said on Reddit.
repair
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.
News
No Record of 'Russian Economist' Who Flew to LAX Without a Ticket, Didn't Remember How He Got Here
A man boarded a plane in Denmark without a ticket, ate two meals on the plane, and arrived at LAX with no passport and no record of him being on the plane. Everyone involved is very confused.
23andMe
Annual Reminder: 23andMe Is a Dangerous Christmas Gift That Could Have Unforeseen Impacts on Your Entire Family, Your Children, Etc.
The ever-worsening 23andMe hack shows the inherent vulnerability of genetic databases designed to show connections between people.
Artificial Intelligence
Asking ChatGPT to Repeat Words ‘Forever’ Is Now a Terms of Service Violation
A technique used by Google researchers to reveal ChatGPT training data is now banned by OpenAI.
FOIA
'FYI Pickleball DRAMA': Local Governments Overwhelmed By Tennis-Pickleball Turf Wars, Documents Show
What I learned about the pickleball lobby and pickleball turf wars by reading thousands of pages of documents from inside local government.
FOIA
Our Second FOIA Forum! 11/30, 1PM EST
We are hosting our second FOIA Forum at the end of November. Join the livestream, file FOIAs with us, get tips, and more.
News
A Massive Repair Lawsuit Against John Deere Clears a Major Hurdle
The class-action antitrust suit is one of the biggest challenges to Deere's tractor repair monopoly.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Researchers’ Attack Prompts ChatGPT to Reveal Its Training Data
ChatGPT is full of sensitive private information and spits out verbatim text from CNN, Goodreads, WordPress blogs, fandom wikis, Terms of Service agreements, Stack Overflow source code, Wikipedia pages, news blogs, random internet comments, and much more.
Programming
Male Tech Conference Founder Is Behind Popular Woman Coding Influencer Account
IP logs show that accounts for Coding Unicorn, a female tech influencer who's built a following based on her coding advice and Instagram influencer posts, are run by a male developer and conference organizer.
Privacy
Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family
"I can see that one of my friends is apparently watching a ton of cheesy, soft porn stuff," a user said of Plex's Week in Review email and Discover Together feature.