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First ‘Take It Down Act’ Sentencing Puts Man Behind Bars for 15 YearsFirst ‘Take It Down Act’ Sentencing Puts Man Behind Bars for 15 Years
The first man in the country to be convicted of violating the Take It Down Act was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday, after investigators found more than 3,000 real and AI-generated abuse images on his devices. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern ...
Podcast: DHS’ Secretive ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Pulling People OverPodcast: DHS’ Secretive ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Pulling People Over
We start this week with Joseph’s story about the secretive predictive policing units inside DHS that are analyzing Americans’ financial data and having local cops pull them over. After the break, Jason tells us about the funky shirt designed to fool AI-camera systems. In the subscribers-only section, we talk all ...
Smear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese PropagandaSmear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese Propaganda
Over the weekend, more than a dozen local TV news stations ran a video report called “Far-left network behind ‘No Kings’ protests targeting AI data centers, Flock cams.” The report paints those opposing Flock not as a diverse, decentralized, bipartisan group of ordinary citizens who oppose mass surveillance, but as ...
The Remnants of a Lost ‘Supercontinent’ Just Rewrote the History of Life on EarthThe Remnants of a Lost ‘Supercontinent’ Just Rewrote the History of Life on Earth
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Scientists have identified the submerged remnants of a giant lost supercontinent that played a pivotal role in the explosion of complex life more than 500 million ...
‘Tell Everyone:’ A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI‘Tell Everyone:’ A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI
If you or someone you know is struggling, The Crisis Text Line is a texting service for emotional crisis support. To text with a trained helper, text SAVE to 741741. Just before Austin Gordon died, he left Megan Jones a letter telling her she was the love of his life. ...
Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some ReasonChannel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason
Channel 5, the YouTube channel hosted by Andrew Callaghan, said it gave a list of its email subscribers to Hunter Biden, the former president’s son, who went on to promote his new memecoin, a move that a data privacy expert told 404 Media is likely illegal in some jurisdictions. Callaghan ...
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them OverA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans’ financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people over who are not suspected of any specific crime, but which the government thinks may be worth searching, 404 Media has found. The units, ...
We Are Going to Be Okay: A Three Year Anniversary Events RecapWe Are Going to Be Okay: A Three Year Anniversary Events Recap
When we launched 404 Media in August 2023, it was a leap of faith. We were leaving the world of big, corporate media — where we worked for years alongside exceptionally brilliant colleagues, but also under the constant turmoil of investor whims, executive decisions we had no say in, and ...
Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic MysteryBreakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that transcended realms, switched sexes, went south, and expanded their range. First, scientists break new ground in trying to get the universe to fit nicely together into a little package for once. Then: a frog sex party, an invasion ...