Nostr notes by 404 Media

The move came after 404 Media published an investigation into how ...

2026-10-30T17:05:56Z

The move came after 404 Media published an investigation into how Proton CEO Andy Yen was aggressively pushing AI across Proton despite security concerns and the culture of fear he has created.

https://www.404media.co/protons-ceo-cancels-ai-re-interviews/

Oh my god? ...

2026-10-29T19:04:11Z

Oh my god?

https://www.404media.co/archive-of-our-own-ao3-down-maintenance/

Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big ...

2026-10-29T14:30:10Z

Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.

https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/

"Meta’s smart glasses have increasingly been implicated in ...

2026-10-29T13:06:30Z

"Meta’s smart glasses have increasingly been implicated in disturbing invasions of users’ and bystanders’ privacy," a letter sent to Meta from Ron Wyden and Edward Markey says.

https://www.404media.co/senators-wyden-markey-letter-to-meta-smart-glasses/

If you're in the EU or UK, you might be able to object to ...

2026-10-28T15:04:45Z

If you're in the EU or UK, you might be able to object to Meta's new AI scraping terms. Also: this week's pod's out and more from around the web.

https://www.404media.co/objection-your-honor/

In light of Meta's new terms that will allow it to scrape ...

2026-10-28T14:30:27Z

In light of Meta's new terms that will allow it to scrape users' data for AI, people in the EU and UK have the option to "object" to certain uses of their information, for now.

https://www.404media.co/meta-ai-training-uk-eu/

The former CEO of Yahoo! and current founder of a chatbot app is ...

2026-10-27T14:30:30Z

The former CEO of Yahoo! and current founder of a chatbot app is going viral for using AI to list things she loves about her daughter. But what she has to say about women in tech in 2026 is worth talking about.

https://www.404media.co/marissa-mayer-nyt-interview/

“These re-interviews are consequential,” a leaked email seen ...

2026-10-26T21:40:01Z

“These re-interviews are consequential,” a leaked email seen by 404 Media reads.

https://www.404media.co/proton-to-re-interview-staff-about-ai-to-see-who-gets-to-keep-their-job/

In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also ...

2026-10-26T19:04:24Z

In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.

https://www.404media.co/in-leaked-audio-flock-ceo-tells-cops-backlash-to-the-company-isnt-real/

"Crackgate" has come for Apple's new folding phone. ...

2026-10-26T18:05:06Z

"Crackgate" has come for Apple's new folding phone.

https://www.404media.co/iphone-duo-crackgate-crease-folding-phone/

Because big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being ...

2026-10-26T16:07:01Z

Because big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being inundated with AI-generated emails begging us for help.

https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech-support-problems/

Scientists discovered that human brain organoids, which are small ...

2026-10-26T05:15:01Z

Scientists discovered that human brain organoids, which are small neural clusters derived from stem cells, could identify the Braille alphabet with a high degree of accuracy.
https://www.404media.co/computers-made-of-human-brain-tissue-identify-braille-letters-in-breakthrough/

AI slopifying your defunct exercise bike? What could go wrong? ...

2026-10-25T22:01:13Z

AI slopifying your defunct exercise bike? What could go wrong?
https://www.404media.co/reverse-engineer-anything-is-the-new-wild-west-of-ai/

companies to employees a few months ago: you better use AI ...

2026-10-24T21:30:08Z

companies to employees a few months ago: you better use AI

companies now: wait, wait, just $29 a month on claude pls
https://www.404media.co/accenture-tells-employees-they-can-now-spend-only-29-on-claude-per-month/

Scientists have discovered a family of retroviruses that invaded ...

2026-10-24T13:03:44Z

Scientists have discovered a family of retroviruses that invaded the genomes of chimps and other primates, silencing genes involved with brain development, while humans were left unaffected.

https://www.404media.co/an-ancient-virus-explains-why-the-human-brain-is-special/

companies to employees a few months ago: you better use AI ...

2026-10-23T14:27:37Z

The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and ...

2026-10-18T19:01:13Z

The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."
https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before ...

2026-10-18T01:45:03Z

Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can live longer too.

https://www.404media.co/oldest-living-land-animal-jonathan-the-tortoise/

One of the first dominos to fall in the long-foreseen AI bubble. ...

2026-10-17T19:30:10Z

One of the first dominos to fall in the long-foreseen AI bubble.
https://www.404media.co/character-ais-bankruptcy-documents-show-the-economics-of-ai-dont-work/

Some employees who spend as much as $1,000 on Claude usage each ...

2026-10-15T18:03:40Z

Some employees who spend as much as $1,000 on Claude usage each month are scrambling to find ways to maintain access to the tool.

https://www.404media.co/accenture-tells-employees-they-can-now-spend-only-29-on-claude-per-month/

"Historically, decompilation has been a brutally difficult, ...

2026-10-15T17:04:51Z

"Historically, decompilation has been a brutally difficult, time consuming task." Now, AI is trivially doing it.

https://www.404media.co/video-game-reverse-engineering-community-shuts-down-because-ai-has-made-it-too-easy/

Most ChatGPT users probably don’t know you can be specifically ...

2026-10-15T14:30:12Z

Most ChatGPT users probably don’t know you can be specifically targeted on the platform by advertisers based on your email, phone number, or unique phone identifier.

https://www.404media.co/how-chatgpt-targets-ads-to-you-based-on-your-prompts-phone-number-and-email/

Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons ...

2026-10-13T21:40:01Z

Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.

https://www.404media.co/character-ais-bankruptcy-documents-show-the-economics-of-ai-dont-work/

After someone said "Hail Satan," an Iowa city council ...

2026-10-12T22:01:23Z

After someone said "Hail Satan," an Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
https://www.404media.co/it-is-done-hail-satan-city-immediately-regrets-new-religious-liberty-law-that-allows-prayer-at-city-council-meeting/

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and ...

2026-10-12T01:00:43Z

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. https://www.404media.co/humans-reading-copilot-prompts-images/

Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA ...

2026-10-09T17:04:23Z

Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program.

https://www.404media.co/following-404-media-investigation-senator-demands-info-about-white-houses-license-plate-surveillance-program/

Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to ...

2026-10-08T19:03:07Z

Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

https://www.404media.co/it-is-done-hail-satan-city-immediately-regrets-new-religious-liberty-law-that-allows-prayer-at-city-council-meeting/

"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on ...

2026-10-08T16:05:41Z

"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."

https://www.404media.co/watch-footage-of-the-flock-search-a-judge-ruled-unconstitutional/

The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive ...

2026-10-05T14:30:08Z

The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.

https://www.404media.co/meta-rushed-to-fix-muse-vm-escape-vulnerability-immediately-before-launch/

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and ...

2026-10-04T14:45:05Z

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.

https://www.404media.co/humans-reading-copilot-prompts-images/

USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan ...

2026-10-03T14:00:50Z

USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/

Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching ...

2026-10-02T21:40:02Z

Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.

https://www.404media.co/federal-judge-rules-a-flock-search-was-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance-and-unconstitutional/

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve ...

2026-10-02T14:21:19Z

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
https://www.404media.co/people-training-openais-ai-fired-for-using-ai-to-train-the-ai/

As the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student ...

2026-10-01T14:30:20Z

As the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student journalism, public records reveal how schools try to censor on-campus news outlets.

https://www.404media.co/how-schools-and-universities-try-to-censor-student-journalists/

The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and ...

2026-09-30T21:40:01Z

The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."

https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you ...

2026-09-30T19:02:41Z

"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using ChatGPT.

https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake-witnesses-testimony-stephen-aarons-new-mexico/

The bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema join the ...

2026-09-29T18:02:09Z

The bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema join the white bellbird in the winner’s circle of the loudest birds on Earth, with calls exceeding 120 decibels—louder than a chainsaw or jackhammer.

https://www.404media.co/loudest-birds-in-the-world/

The team used frontier LLMs with no prior training data navigate ...

2026-09-29T14:30:07Z

The team used frontier LLMs with no prior training data navigate a simple parking lot course.

https://www.404media.co/these-tech-workers-made-chatgpt-drive-a-toyota-corolla/

ShinyHunters, the group that stole data on “all FBI ...

2026-09-28T20:01:31Z

ShinyHunters, the group that stole data on “all FBI employees” including addresses and details on their spouses, told 404 Media on Monday “Since the very beginning we had made our decision that we would never publish this data. We have never intended to nor have we ever planned to.”

https://www.404media.co/fbi-hackers-say-they-wont-publish-massive-trove-of-fbi-employee-data/

Facial recognition is everywhere now. Soon it's going to be ...

2026-09-28T15:03:06Z

Facial recognition is everywhere now. Soon it's going to be right in your face, too.

https://www.404media.co/the-end-of-privacy-is-here-with-kashmir-hill/

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and ...

2026-09-28T14:30:06Z

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.

https://www.404media.co/humans-reading-copilot-prompts-images/

Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what ...

2026-09-27T23:00:34Z

Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: LLms are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.” https://www.404media.co/doom-loop-openai-and-microsoft-admits-llms-are-destroying-the-web-and-built-on-theft/

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve ...

2026-09-27T19:30:11Z

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one ...

2026-09-27T16:15:12Z

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too. Heres what we now know:
https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/

Scientists discovered that diseased fruit flies lived longer when ...

2026-09-27T01:30:05Z

Scientists discovered that diseased fruit flies lived longer when they were removed from Earth’s magnetic field, while healthy flies had shorter lifespans, in a first-of-its kind experiment with surprising results.
https://www.404media.co/earth-magnetic-field-effects-on-aging-study/

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2026-09-26T14:29:00Z

Oops. https://www.404media.co/fbi-hack-exposed-fbis-own-hacking-unit-remote-operations-shinyhunters/

The beta for the hotly anticipated World of Warcraft: Forever has ...

2026-09-24T18:02:14Z

The beta for the hotly anticipated World of Warcraft: Forever has been marred by fans of the streamer Asmongold who have filled the game’s public spaces with spam and slurs . To fix the issue, a player named Solastro created a mod called OlympusMute that hides any chats from

https://www.404media.co/this-world-of-warcraft-forever-mod-blocks-all-interactions-with-asmongold-fans/

Scientists discovered that diseased fruit flies lived longer when ...

2026-09-23T17:04:25Z

Scientists discovered that diseased fruit flies lived longer when they were removed from Earth’s magnetic field, while healthy flies had shorter lifespans, in a first-of-its kind experiment with surprising results.

https://www.404media.co/earth-magnetic-field-effects-on-aging-study/

Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council ...

2026-09-23T14:30:45Z

Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’

https://www.404media.co/woman-arrested-after-city-council-denies-residents-right-to-speak-on-flock-cameras/

Wealthy countries with many daily AI users tended to fear more ...

2026-09-23T13:04:25Z

Wealthy countries with many daily AI users tended to fear more for the future in what Gallup called the 'Paradox of the Worried West.'

https://www.404media.co/americans-love-to-use-ai-but-fear-it-will-make-the-world-worse-according-to-new-study/

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes ...

2026-09-22T18:02:50Z

A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.

https://www.404media.co/we-hacked-the-fbi-hackers-say-they-have-data-on-all-fbi-employees/

"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray ...

2026-09-22T17:04:04Z

"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."

https://www.404media.co/meta-tests-muse-ai-agent-calls-that-are-actually-made-by-humans-in-a-call-center/

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve ...

2026-09-22T14:30:17Z

OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.

https://www.404media.co/people-training-openais-ai-fired-for-using-ai-to-train-the-ai/

A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of ...

2026-09-21T01:30:04Z

A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.”
https://www.404media.co/doom-loop-openai-and-microsoft-admits-llms-are-destroying-the-web-and-built-on-theft/

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s ...

2026-09-20T19:30:10Z

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media.
https://www.404media.co/inside-project-lily-the-humans-reading-your-chatgpt-chats/

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be ...

2026-09-20T16:50:01Z

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online. https://www.404media.co/theres-a-100-chance-ai-agents-are-already-ruining-the-internet/

Workers at Automattic, which owns WordPress.com and several other ...

2026-09-11T17:03:13Z

Workers at Automattic, which owns WordPress.com and several other platforms, have said the company has endured years of chaotic leadership decisions.

https://www.404media.co/automattic-matt-mullenweg-back-in-control/

The University of Michigan is partnering with Los Alamos National ...

2026-09-11T14:30:11Z

The University of Michigan is partnering with Los Alamos National Labs to build a massive data center in a small Michigan township. The residents say they were never consulted.

https://www.404media.co/we-did-not-invite-you-citizens-rage-at-town-hall-over-proposed-nuclear-ai-data-center/

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see ...

2026-09-07T05:31:00Z

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

Google Maps announced on Saturday it would start reflecting the ...

2026-09-05T22:27:01Z

Google Maps announced on Saturday it would start reflecting the change for U.S.-based users.
https://www.404media.co/google-maps-lake-america-lake-ontario-name-change/

Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the ...

2026-09-05T13:25:01Z

Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view.
https://www.404media.co/this-digital-camouflage-shirt-confuses-ai-powered-surveillance-cameras/

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see ...

2026-08-30T15:36:00Z

Anthony Ralphs has been speaking against Flock at San Diego City ...

2026-08-29T17:56:01Z

Anthony Ralphs has been speaking against Flock at San Diego City Council meetings for almost a year straight. When he showed up as Darth Vader, the world started watching.
https://www.404media.co/darth-vader-flock-san-diego-city-council-interview/

Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story ...

2026-08-26T16:04:47Z

Garrett Langley, Flock’s CEO, told cops that a 404 Media story about cops using Flock to track someone who self-administered an abortion was "entirely false." He's lying.

https://www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-is-lying-to-cops-about-404-medias-reporting-on-abortion-case/

An interview with one of the Amazon employees at Amazon’s AI ...

2026-08-26T15:02:50Z

An interview with one of the Amazon employees at Amazon’s AI training facility VGT3.

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-warehouse-where-amazon-scans-and-destroys-books-for-ai-training/

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in ...

2026-08-23T22:56:01Z

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.
https://www.404media.co/show-how-3m-is-0-at-fault-expert-witness-used-chatgpt-to-write-report-defending-company-in-deadly-explosion-lawsuit/

"This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us ...

2026-08-23T17:55:01Z

"This is what the emperor needs. This technology will help us find the rebel scum and their hidden base on Hoth. This technology will help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-wing." https://www.404media.co/darth-vader-spoke-in-support-of-flock-at-san-diego-city-council-meeting/

Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: ...

2026-08-22T22:54:01Z

Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"
https://www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shiny-thing-cop-explains-why-he-used-license-plate-reader-to-stalk-woman/

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see ...

2026-08-22T17:54:00Z

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

A new Meta patent published Thursday says a system, like its AI ...

2026-08-22T15:30:08Z

A new Meta patent published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, create a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your night.
https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-people-make-highlight-reels-of-your-dinner-party/

"The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue ...

2026-08-20T18:02:35Z

"The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum," Vader said during the meeting.

https://www.404media.co/darth-vader-spoke-in-support-of-flock-at-san-diego-city-council-meeting/

Amazon buying and destroying rare books to train AI; a bunch of ...

2026-08-19T21:40:02Z

Amazon buying and destroying rare books to train AI; a bunch of wild AI use in the courts; and Meta's new patent for its AI smart glasses.

https://www.404media.co/podcast-amazon-is-destroying-rare-books-to-train-ai/

The Moon was long thought to be inhospitable to life, but ...

2026-08-19T19:02:26Z

The Moon was long thought to be inhospitable to life, but scientists have discovered that common Earth microbes could survive for up to a week in shadowed regions of the lunar south pole, a region targeted for future human exploration.

https://www.404media.co/lifeforms-can-survive-on-significant-regions-of-the-moon-study-finds/

Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: ...

2026-08-19T18:02:06Z

Body camera footage shows police surveillance abuse is common: "We’ve told them over and over again: 'You see a hot chick, you don’t look them up in a database.'"

https://www.404media.co/i-saw-a-shiny-thing-cop-explains-why-he-used-license-plate-reader-to-stalk-woman/

X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies. ...

2026-08-18T15:03:13Z

X is driving engagement by making users fight in the replies.

https://www.404media.co/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds/

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in ...

2026-08-17T16:03:40Z

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.

https://www.404media.co/show-how-3m-is-0-at-fault-expert-witness-used-chatgpt-to-write-report-defending-company-in-deadly-explosion-lawsuit/

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see ...

2026-08-17T14:30:16Z

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

https://www.404media.co/we-tracked-a-shipment-of-rare-books-it-ended-at-an-amazon-ai-training-facility/

Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels ...

2026-08-16T20:07:01Z

Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They used it as probable cause justification to search his car for weed. https://www.404media.co/cops-used-flock-to-track-a-man-across-state-lines-to-create-pretext-to-search-his-car-for-weed/

The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are ...

2026-08-16T17:06:01Z

The PhD reviewers Research Gold lists on its site are AI-generated and don’t exist. Other methodologists it lists are real, but are not aware their identity is being used by Research Gold. https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/

The switch to Axon, which is not yet widespread but appears to be ...

2026-08-16T15:03:01Z

The switch to Axon, which is not yet widespread but appears to be increasing as people oppose Flock, signals what might come next—cities entering contracts with another company which has faced less scrutiny and backlash.
https://www.404media.co/cities-are-ditching-flock-immediately-replacing-it-with-axon-license-plate-readers/

A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a ...

2026-08-15T22:07:00Z

A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a series of instructions designed to manipulate artificial intelligence in an official court filing. https://www.404media.co/person-hides-prompt-injection-in-legal-filing-telling-ai-to-side-with-them/

ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, ...

2026-08-15T19:06:00Z

ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-manual-for-ices-electric-shock-gloves/

Zuckerberg’s essay is full of platitudes and sentences that ...

2026-08-15T17:05:02Z

Zuckerberg’s essay is full of platitudes and sentences that mean nothing, “thought experiments” that are not developed or explored in any way, discussions of “freedom,” etc.

https://www.404media.co/mark-zuckerberg-posts-deranged-6-500-word-essay-about-giving-everyone-ai-superintelligence/

Flock told 404 Media in an email it never executed the ...

2026-08-15T15:02:02Z

Flock told 404 Media in an email it never executed the partnership with Nexar. But the presentation still shows Flock’s ambitious plan to conscript rideshare and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its network. https://www.404media.co/flock-pitched-a-plan-to-turn-uber-and-lyft-drivers-into-roaming-surveillance-vehicles/

Zuckerberg's anti-social future; a company offering human ...

2026-08-12T19:01:35Z

Zuckerberg's anti-social future; a company offering human writing that is actually just AI; and the big switch from Flock to Axon.

https://www.404media.co/podcast-mark-zuckerbergs-superintelligent-ai-future-that-no-one-wants/

The number of AI generated uploads to CGTrader would suggest AI ...

2026-08-12T15:03:28Z

The number of AI generated uploads to CGTrader would suggest AI is taking over the platform, but buyers are refusing to pay for AI generated models.

https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-3d-models-flood-market-but-almost-no-one-is-buying-them/

It's usually very difficult to investigate the advertising ...

2026-08-12T13:05:03Z

It's usually very difficult to investigate the advertising industry. A new tool called DecryptAds aims to make it much easier with a massive dataset anyone can query.

https://www.404media.co/this-tool-unmasks-the-shadowy-world-of-ads-that-track-your-location/

A 2,000-year-old canal system in Colombia visible from space was ...

2026-08-11T18:01:50Z

A 2,000-year-old canal system in Colombia visible from space was long assumed to be built at the direction of powerful rulers. New evidence is turning that assumption on its head.

https://www.404media.co/no-bosses-ancient-engineering-marvel-was-built-without-rulers-study-suggests/

Research Gold's team of human methodologists are either AI ...

2026-08-11T14:30:06Z

Research Gold's team of human methodologists are either AI generated or using the identity of real people without their permission

https://www.404media.co/company-offering-100-human-written-never-ai-peer-review-is-entirely-ai/

“We have already informed them. They said the issue was ...

2026-08-09T22:45:21Z

“We have already informed them. They said the issue was ‘dire,’ but they let us disclose the issue. They didn't provide any time when they will address this."

https://www.404media.co/apples-private-relay-is-exposing-users-real-ip-addresses/

The SCREEN Act is supported by Heritage Action, a conservative ...

2026-08-09T17:42:01Z

The SCREEN Act is supported by Heritage Action, a conservative lobbying group and one of the organizations Lee lists in support of the SCREEN Act, is a sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, which authored Project 2025. https://www.404media.co/what-is-the-screen-act-age-verification-porn/

“I am fully of the notion that clapping is a First Amendment ...

2026-08-08T23:44:00Z

“I am fully of the notion that clapping is a First Amendment right that I have. I can exercise that as long as I'm not disrupting, and I still argue that I was not disrupting at all." https://www.404media.co/clapping-is-a-first-amendment-right-an-interview-with-the-person-arrested-for-clapping-at-a-data-center-meeting/

Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels ...

2026-08-08T14:41:47Z

Police in Wisconsin used Flock to determine that a man “travels to Michigan frequently,” where marijuana is legal, then back to Wisconsin, where it is illegal. They used this as probable cause justification to search his car for weed. https://www.404media.co/cops-used-flock-to-track-a-man-across-state-lines-to-create-pretext-to-search-his-car-for-weed/

A Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around ...

2026-08-07T13:03:07Z

A Flock presentation shows the company planned to use around 350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers to collect license plate data for its surveillance system.

https://www.404media.co/flock-pitched-a-plan-to-turn-uber-and-lyft-drivers-into-roaming-surveillance-vehicles/

Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and ...

2026-08-06T14:30:07Z

Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.

https://www.404media.co/cities-are-ditching-flock-immediately-replacing-it-with-axon-license-plate-readers/

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce ...

2026-08-04T18:01:53Z

Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.

https://www.404media.co/what-is-the-screen-act-age-verification-porn/

Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it ...

2026-08-04T17:02:17Z

Microsoft is introducing budget limits for AI use but says it still wants to be an ‘AI-first’ company.

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-tells-engineers-tokenmaxxing-is-not-what-we-are-optimizing-for/

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO ...

2026-08-04T15:02:27Z

“DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE. DO NOT MENTION ALPR USAGE IN YOUR REPORT OR COMPLAINT."

https://www.404media.co/do-not-mention-alpr-usage-how-cops-are-trying-to-hide-the-existence-of-flock/

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety ...

2026-08-03T18:02:04Z

"This document shows a coordinated effort from Flock Safety to compel law enforcement agencies to convince our elected leaders to represent their interests as a company rather than the interests of concerned citizens."

https://www.404media.co/own-the-narrative-leaked-flock-guide-shows-how-it-teaches-cops-to-promote-its-tech/

After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a ...

2026-08-02T19:01:04Z

After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.”
https://www.404media.co/google-earths-new-ai-lets-anyone-fabricate-completely-bullshit-satellite-images/