Strengthening Our National Security in the AI Era
For the first time in a long while, the federal government and the software sector alike finally have the tools and resources needed to do security well — consistently and cost-effectively.
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Behind the Blog: Making Things for Humans
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 Pavlovian Chartbeat response, when to say “cum,” and the wave of making things for humans, by humans. JOSEPH: Right now I’m in the midst of upgrading a…
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…
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. Subscribe to them here. 4chan and Kiwi Farms sued the United Kingdom’s Office of Communications (Ofcom) over its age verification law in U.S. federal court Wednesday, fulfilling a promise it announced on August 23. In the lawsuit, 4chan…
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
NASA personnel were told to “drop everything” to scrub public sites of mentions of DEI, indigenous people, environmental justice, and women in leadership, according to a directive obtained by 404 Media. The directive, sent on January 22 and obtained by 404 Media, states: “Per NASA HQ direction, we are required to scrub mentions of the…
A Top Google Search Result for Claude Plugins Was Planted by Hackers
A top result on Google for people searching for Claude plugins sent users to a site that recently contained malicious code in an apparent attempt to steal their credentials. The news shows how the explosion of interest in generative AI tools is giving hackers new ways to attack users. The malicious site was flagged to…
They Were Some of Earth’s Last Stable Glaciers. Now, They’re Melting.
🌘 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 long been puzzled by the sturdy glaciers of the mountains of central Asia, which have inexplicably remained intact even as other glaciers around the world rapidly recede due to…
Google Chrome is making it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs
Google is adding the Text Fragment feature to its PDF reader to make it easier to share specific parts of long PDFs. […]
DeepSeek hit with ‘large-scale’ cyber-attack after AI chatbot tops app stores
Attack forces Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations as app becomes highest rated free app in US
Meet the Fish That Doesn’t Want to Be Met
Welcome back to the Abstract! You’ve probably been reading a lot about humans this week. Most of the news seems to revolve around humans. Fair enough, we do seem to get up a lot of hijinx. But now, we’re going to check in on what some other Earthlings have been doing with their time. Some…