New from 404 Media: 'PrepperDisk' is a mini box that comes preloaded with offline backups of Wikipedia, street maps, survivalist info, iFixit repair guides, gov website backups that are being purged. Sales "increased dramatically" after Trump came into power
We tested that AI that wants you to 'cheat at everything.'
It sucks? Took 20 seconds to provide responses, was clearly just feeding whatever prompt into ChatGPT/other models. Simply wouldn't work in a real situation.
The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week
- cops are using AI bots to surveil people
- traveling to see the millennial saint
- subscribers-only: the state of 404 Media and 'economic headwinds'
Apple/Spotify/YouTube:
New from 404 Media: hackers are injecting mass shooting videos into random Starcraft 2 matches. The Starcraft community is awash with people saying random videos have appeared in game, including those designed to trigger seizures. Blizzard hasn't responded
New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"
New: following layoffs, employees at Wordpress parent company Automattic discovered leak-catching watermarks in images. The watermarks in Automattic's P2 instance are nearly invisible, rendered as a pattern overlaid on the site’s white page backgrounds.
New from 404 Media: ICE just paid Palantir tens of millions for "complete target analysis of known populations." Shows Palantir is actively working on, and updating, the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts
New from 404 Media: an AI startup offers to call your parents for you if you don't have time (or can't be bothered). I tested it out. My mum said: “I would feel terrible and that they are not bothered about phoning me themselves.”
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