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![Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/02/CleanShot-2025-02-14-at-10.31.48@2x.png)
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Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore
FDA and HHS sites now note that “The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children.”
![AI Slop of Musk and Trump on TikTok Racks Up 700 Million Views](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/02/image6.png)
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AI Slop of Musk and Trump on TikTok Racks Up 700 Million Views
Motivational videos on TikTok using AI-generated voices of Trump, Musk, and other celebrities are racking up millions of views.
![The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/02/eskimi.png)
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The Murky Ad-Tech World Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel
A Florida data broker told a US senator it obtained sensitive data on US military members in Germany from a Lithuanian firm, which denies involvement—revealing the opaque nature of online ad surveillance.
![Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”](https://www.404media.co/assets/images/img-placeholder-md.jpg?v=5a17c261fa)
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Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
![‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/02/IMG_3430B12860F6-1.jpeg)
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‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government
404 Media has obtained audio of a meeting held by Thomas Shedd, a Musk-associate who is now heading a team of government coders. In the call one employee pushed back and said one of the planned moves is an “illegal task.”
![AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library](https://www.404media.co/assets/images/img-placeholder-md.jpg?v=5a17c261fa)
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AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
![Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek](https://www.404media.co/assets/images/img-placeholder-md.jpg?v=5a17c261fa)
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Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek
According to the language of the proposed bill, people who download AI models from China could face up to 20 years in jail, a million dollar fine, or both.
![The CDC’s Website Is Being Actively Purged to Comply With Trump DEI Order](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/01/49663460306_caa53a7655_z-1.jpg)
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The CDC’s Website Is Being Actively Purged to Comply With Trump DEI Order
“CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders.“
![Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/02/File-1.jpg)
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Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’
“It’s simply just a non-woke version, offering employers an alternative approach to diversity and inclusion.”
![Sellers of Anom, the FBI's Secret Backdoored Phone, Plead Guilty](https://www.404media.co/assets/images/img-placeholder-md.jpg?v=5a17c261fa)
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Sellers of Anom, the FBI's Secret Backdoored Phone, Plead Guilty
The pleas mean that “Afgoo,” the person who provided the FBI with the backdoored encrypted phone company in the first place, likely won’t have to testify and have their identity revealed in court.
![Anthropic CEO Says Limiting China’s Access to AI Chips Is 'Existentially Important'](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/01/anth.jpg)
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Anthropic CEO Says Limiting China’s Access to AI Chips Is 'Existentially Important'
Dario Amodei argues we must limit China’s access to AI chips so we can live under all powerful American-owned AI as opposed to all powerful Chinese-owned AI.
![Hackers Mined AT&T Breach for Data on Trump's Family, Kamala Harris](/content/images/size/w1000/2025/01/48007969228_94a9e3535d_c.jpg)
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Hackers Mined AT&T Breach for Data on Trump's Family, Kamala Harris
Hackers behind the breach of “nearly all” of AT&T customers’ metadata searched for records associated with members of the Trump family, Kamala Harris, and Marco Rubio’s wife.