ICE
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Is This Headline 'Clickbait'?
This week, we discuss conversational AI, a behind the scenes of the zine, and more.
Time Person of the Year
‘Architects of AI’ Wins Time Person of the Year, Sends Gambling Markets Into a Meltdown
People who bet on "AI" did not win and are incredibly mad.
AI Porn
Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand
With OpenAI investment, Disney will officially begin putting AI slop into its flagship streaming product.
AI
Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
The Abstract
Scientists Discover the Earliest Human-Made Fire, Rewriting Evolutionary History
The discovery of fire-cracked handaxes and sparking tools in southern Britain pushes the timeline of controlled fires back 350,000 years.
News
A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
Podcast
Podcast: Zines Are Back
Our new zine; a very strange change at Instagram; and the creator of ICEBlock is suing the U.S. government.
News
Pete Hegseth Says the Pentagon's New Chatbot Will Make America 'More Lethal'
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
News
Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts
Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.
CBP
Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It
The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
CBP
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices.
Announcements
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.