DeepSeek vs ChatGPT – how do they compare?
The Chinese AI app has raced to the top of the download charts – does it perform as well as its US rivals?
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Here’s how data awareness can tackle cybercrime’s complexity
Personal data enables cybercrime, yet securing data remains a significant challenge for cyber leaders, who face competing priorities.
Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that the General Services Administration converted 14,000 magnetic to digital records, and claimed the process saved a million dollars a year. The problem is, magnetic tapes are regarded by storage and archivist professionals as being a stable, reliable, and safe medium for long-term data storage. Just because…
As it unfolded — 24 hours of Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s public exchanges since Trump announced Stargate
“I genuinely respect your accomplishments and think you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our time,” Altman wrote in an X post to Musk.
White House Partners With PragerU to Make AI-Slopified Founding Fathers
Conservative content mill PragerU is partnering with the White House to make AI-generated videos of founding fathers and Revolutionary War-era randos. PragerU is a nonprofit organization with a mission “to promote American values through the creative use of digital media, technology and edu-tainment,” according to its website. It’s been criticized for advancing climate denial and…
An Amazon Delivery Confirmation Photo Is the Last Time a Palisades Resident Saw Her Burnt Down House
Ali Riley, a professional soccer player for the Angel City Football Club, lost her home in Los Angeles’s Palisades Fire. The last image she saw of her house standing was an Amazon package delivery confirmation photo, sent after the neighborhood’s mandatory evacuation order. Friday morning, Riley posted a screenshot of an Amazon delivery confirmation photo….
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections
🌘 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 are raising alarms about the potential influence of artificial intelligence on elections, according to a spate of new studies that warn AI can rig polls and manipulate public opinion. In…
Someone Is Trying to ‘Hack’ People Through Apple Podcasts
Something very strange is happening to the Apple Podcasts app. Over the last several months, I’ve found both the iOS and Mac versions of the Podcasts app will open religion, spirituality, and education podcasts with no apparent rhyme or reason. Sometimes, I unlock my machine and the podcast app has launched itself and presented one…
Astronomers Discovered Something Near the Dawn of Time That Shouldn’t Exist
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Astronomers have discovered an ancient reservoir of gas that is too hot for cosmic models to handle, reports a study published on Monday in Nature. By peering over 12 billion years…
Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
Wikipedia editors just adopted a new policy to help them deal with the slew of AI-generated articles flooding the online encyclopedia. The new policy, which gives an administrator the authority to quickly delete an AI-generated article that meets a certain criteria, isn’t only important to Wikipedia, but also an important example for how to deal…