The Entire Earth was Mysteriously Shaking Every 90 Seconds. Now, Scientists Know Why

🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. For nine days in September 2023, the world was rocked by mysterious seismic waves that were detected globally every 90 seconds. Earth trembled again the following month with an identical global…

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Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists’ Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up

An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to AI companies so it’ll be added to LLM datasets. Artists&Clients is a website that connects independent artists with interested clients. Around August 30, a message appeared on Artists&Clients attributed to the ransomware group LunaLock. “We have breached the website Artists&Clients to…

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OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled

Social media accounts on TikTok and X are posting AI-generated videos of women and girls being strangled, showing yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content.  One account on X has been posting dozens of AI-generated strangulation videos starting in mid-October….

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Arc Raiders ‘Watchlist’ Names and Shames Backstabbing Players

A new website is holding Arc Raiders players accountable when they betray their fellow players. Speranza Watchlist—named for the game’s social hub—bills itself as “your friendly Raider shaming board,” a place where people can report other people for what they see as anti-social behavior in the game. In Arc Raiders, players land on a map…

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