Musk and Altman trade barbs on social media after ChatGPT co-creator’s White House appearance
The head of OpenAI stood alongside Trump as the president announced the new AI “Stargate” initiative.
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Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls
An underground site uses facial recognition to reveal the site a camgirl streams on, potentially letting someone take a woman’s photo from social media, then use the site to out their sex work. The site presents a serious privacy risk to sex workers, some who may not want stalkers, harassers, or employers to discover their…
A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion
Earlier this month authorities in Texas performed a nationwide search of more than 83,000 automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras while looking for a woman who they said had a self-administered abortion, including cameras in states where abortion is legal such as Washington and Illinois, according to multiple datasets obtained by 404 Media. The news…
Podcast: Ring Is Back and Scarier Than Ever
We start this week with exciting news: we bought a Super Bowl ad! For… $2,550. We explain how. After the break, Jason tells us about Ring’s recently launched Search Party feature, and gives us a very timely reminder of what Ring really is and how we got here. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph breaks down…
Stratoshark – Wireshark Has Got a Friend for Cloud
The creators of Wireshark, Gerald Combs and Loris Degioanni, have unveiled Stratoshark, a groundbreaking tool designed to bring Wireshark’s renowned capabilities into the cloud era. Building on over 25 years of experience with Wireshark, which has become a staple for network analysis with over 5 million daily users, Stratoshark aims to address the challenges of…
US cracks down on North Korean IT worker army with more sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a network of individuals and front companies linked to North Korea’s Ministry of National Defense that have generated revenue via illegal remote IT work schemes. […]
Behind the Blog: Chatbots as Gospel, Books and Birds
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the new Murderbot show, ChatGPT for journalism, and birdwatching from afar. EMANUEL: Yesterday Apple released the first two images from its upcoming sci-fi show, Murderbot, and announced…
Behind the Blog: The Omnipresence Is the Point
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss Deadheads and doxxing sites. SAM: Anyone reading the site closely this week likely noticed a new name entering the chat. We’re thrilled to welcome Rosie Thomas to…
Podcast: Trump Take Egg
We start this week with our articles about Trump’s tariffs, and how they’re impacting everything from LEGO to cameras to sex toys. After the break, Emanuel explains how misfired DMCA complaints designed to help adult creators are targeting other sites, including ours. In the subscribers-only section, we do a wrap-up of a bunch of recent…
AI Darwin Awards Show AI’s Biggest Problem Is Human
The AI Darwin Awards are here to catalog the damage that happens when humanity’s hubris meets AI’s incompetence. The simple website contains a list of the dumbest AI disasters from the past year and calls for readers to nominate more. “Join our mission to document AI misadventure for educational purposes,” it said. “Remember: today’s catastrophically…