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The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced πŸ”— www.404media.co/directfile-o...

TSA Working on Haptic Tech To 'Feel' Your Body in Virtual Reality πŸ”— www.404media.co/tsa-working-...

Apple Gave Governments Data on Thousands of Push Notifications πŸ”— www.404media.co/apple-gave-g...

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced πŸ”— www.404media.co/directfile-o...

Why Do Christians Love AI Slop? πŸ”— www.404media.co/why-do-chris...

AI-generated Bible videos are going viral because Christian actually love them and make them. Here's why: www.404media.co/why-do-chris...

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying to Kill Just Got Open Sourced πŸ”— www.404media.co/directfile-o...

Podcast: Anti-Porn Laws' Real Target Is Free Speech πŸ”— www.404media.co/podcast-anti...

Teachers Are Not OK πŸ”— www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions πŸ”— www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...

Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software πŸ”— www.404media.co/ukraines-mas...

The Entire Earth was Mysteriously Shaking Every 90 Seconds. Now, Scientists Know Why πŸ”— www.404media.co/the-entire-e...

Teachers Are Not OK πŸ”— www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Excellent reporting by @404media.co where educators share concerns about AI in the classroom, especially related to decreases in critical thinking & writing skills, & confidence. But I was struck by this quote about how this all relates to the Tiktok economy 1/3 www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Even the mods of a pro-AI subreddit tell me they are having to ban an uptick of unwell users who think ChatGPT is letting them talk to god, or turning them into a god, etc www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...

this is also really good local reporting following up on our flock story:

Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live πŸ”— www.404media.co/developer-bu...

Weird Signals from Space Are β€˜Unlike Any Known Galactic Object’ www.404media.co/weird-signal...

You would look super cool in this. πŸ”— 404media.myshopify.com/products/doo...

Flock Decides Not to Use Hacked Data in People Search Tool πŸ”— www.404media.co/flock-decide...

we put DOOM on a tank top. Gonna ship these starting tomorrow: 404media.myshopify.com/products/doo...

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion πŸ”— www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL @404media.co already reported that lawyers have been caught citing cases that don't exist. Notably the MyPillow guy's attorney cited as many as 30 cases made up by 'AI' LOL Now the Press Sec is not answering the question if MAHA had used 'AI' 🀣

New from 404 Media: a cop in Texas performed a nationwide search of license plate reading cameras for a woman who got an abortion, according to multiple sets of data we've reviewed. Included cameras where abortion is legal, like Washington and Illinois www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

Podcast: ICE's 'Backdoor' Into a Nationwide AI Surveillance Network πŸ”— www.404media.co/podcast-ices...

A new report from Stanford finds that schools, parents, police, and our legal system are not prepared to deal with the growing problem of minors using AI to generate CSAM of other minors. πŸ”— www.404media.co/no-one-knows...

Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live πŸ”— www.404media.co/developer-bu...

Developer Builds Tool That Scrapes YouTube Comments, Uses AI to Predict Where Users Live πŸ”— www.404media.co/developer-bu...

Texas Solicitor General Resigned After Fantasizing Colleague Would Get 'Anally Raped By a Cylindrical Asteroid' πŸ”— www.404media.co/texas-solici...

ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network πŸ”— www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...

very happy to have @jordanpearson.lol on 404 Media with a story about an online community developing its own hair loss drugs www.404media.co/inside-the-d...

Inside the Discord Community Developing Its Own Hair Loss Drugs πŸ”— www.404media.co/inside-the-d...

A Newspaper Used AI To Generate a FAKE Book list πŸ”— www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...

Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels πŸ”— www.404media.co/authors-are-...

Brazilian researcher uncovers CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site πŸ”— www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...

Civitai Ban of Real People Content Deals Major Blow to the Nonconsensual AI Porn Ecosystem πŸ”— www.404media.co/civitai-ban-...

ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows πŸ”— www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...

New from 404 Media: ICE is tapping into a nationwide AI camera network, data we got shows. Flock's automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in thousands of communities. Data shows "ICE", "immigration" as reasons for use. Local cops doing lookups for ICE, no warrant www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...

Sweden Expands Anti-Sex Work Law to Criminalize Paying for Custom OnlyFans Clips and Camming πŸ”— www.404media.co/sweden-sex-w...

The CIA Secretly Ran a Star Wars Fan Site πŸ”— www.404media.co/the-cia-secr...

Student Makes Tool That Identifies β€˜Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys AI Bots to Engage With Them πŸ”— www.404media.co/student-make...

Co-founder @jasonkoebler.bsky.social was a part of @moreperfectunion.bsky.social's latest video about Mark Zuckerberg. Watch more perfect’s documentary about the department of justice’s antitrust lawsuit against meta: πŸ”— youtu.be/TxGpleOuQxE

Scientists Explain Why Trump's $175 Billion Golden Dome Is a Fantasy πŸ”— www.404media.co/scientists-e...

Pocket, One of the Only Apps I Ever Liked, Is Shutting Down πŸ”— www.404media.co/pocket-app-s...

Here's a PDF version of the CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism: πŸ”— www.404media.co/heres-a-pdf-...

Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels πŸ”— www.404media.co/authors-are-...

23andMe sold the genetic data of 15 million people for $256 million to a pharmaceutical company called Regeneron. πŸ”— www.404media.co/23andme-sale...

Google's new AI video generator appears to know approximately one joke www.404media.co/why-does-goo...