We start this week with Jason’s article about Mark Zuckerberg’s plan for Meta’s AI agents. They don’t sound fun at all. After the break, Emanuel tells us how a company offering “100% human-written” medical research is actually all AI. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains why some cities are ditching ...
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Twitch is Mining Peoples’ Streams to Train Amazon’s AITwitch is Mining Peoples’ Streams to Train Amazon’s AI
Twitch is going to train Amazon’s AI models on streamers’ content unless they deliberately go into their settings and opt out, potentially sweeping up a wealth of streamers who either don’t hear about the announcement or follow steps stop it. On Wednesday Twitch announced a new setting that lets streamers ...
The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram AccountsThe Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
Government surveillance centers are monitoring viral anti-Flock Instagram posts, warning local police about upcoming DeFlock events including one scheduled to start next week, and have told cops to “increase patrols around ALPR [automatic license plate readers]” as backlash to Flock grows, according to government intelligence bulletins obtained using public records ...
AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying ThemAI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying Them
CGTrader, an online marketplace for 3D assets, found that one in six models uploaded to the site these days is AI generated, but that AI generated assets account for only $1 out of $90 in revenue on the site. These numbers show that AI generated assets are quickly flooding the ...
Researchers Show How Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Used to Harass WomenResearchers Show How Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Used to Harass Women
Instagram is full of first-person videos of men harassing women in public. They follow a similar script: A man walks up to a woman or group of women in a store, sitting outside a cafe, or walking home from a bar, and delivers a pickup line. The women almost always ...
Company Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AICompany Offering ‘100% Human-Written, Never AI’ Medical Research Is Entirely AI
Research Gold, a site that advertises services for medical researchers, including drafting peer-review ready manuscripts, systemic reviews and meta-analyses, claims that it’s “100% human-written, never AI,” and lists a number of PhD reviewers and professional methodologists on staff that carry out this meticulous, difficult work. The problem: The PhD reviewers ...
No Bosses: Ancient Engineering Marvel Was Built Without Rulers, Study SuggestsNo Bosses: Ancient Engineering Marvel Was Built Without Rulers, Study Suggests
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Ancient people of Colombia used collective labor to build a massive canal network that spans 2,000 square miles, a discovery that challenges the assumption that colossal ...
ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to PalantirICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to pay LexisNexis millions more dollars for continued access to data it can feed into a Palantir platform, according to newly published procurement records. The data is to help, among other sections, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), the part of ICE focused on ...
The Mayor Who Said ‘No’ When Flock Came to TownThe Mayor Who Said ‘No’ When Flock Came to Town
Norman, Oklahoma is a Flockless outpost on the outskirts of the Oklahoma City metro area. As you drive south down I-35 away from the big city and into Norman, coverage from the automated license plate readers (ALPR) dwindles. That’s because Norman has rejected Flock’s pitch multiple times. “They’ve given us ...
The Roboguard Revolution is Short-CircuitingThe Roboguard Revolution is Short-Circuiting
404 Media is publishing this article in partnership with Proof News, a new nonprofit media outlet investigating the social impacts of AI. Join their mailing list here and read the version of this article on their site here. Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. ...