New from 404 Media: Republicans are trying to cram a ban on AI regulation into the Budget Reconciliation bill, which would stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
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Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill
Republicans try to use the Budget Reconciliation bill to stop states from regulating AI entirely for 10 years.
A new Coke ad proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book, only he didn’t write the words and it’s not his book.
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AI-Powered Coca-Cola Ad Celebrating Authors Gets Basic Facts Wrong
A new Coke ad proudly features a quote from a J.G. Ballard book, only he didn’t write the words and it’s not his book.
New: a man 'disappeared' by ICE was not included on a government list of people deported to El Salvador's mega prison. But we found his name in a hacked flight manifest to the country. Raises questions about how much the government knows about who it is deporting
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Man ‘Disappeared’ by ICE Was on El Salvador Flight Manifest, Hacked Data Shows
Ricardo Prada Vásquez was not on a government list of people sent to a mega prison in El Salvador. But hacked data shows he was booked on a flight...
Well, well, well: Meta is building facial recognition tech for its Ray-Ban smart glasses. Incredible about-face when last year a Meta spokesperson lost their shit at me for reporting students had married facial recognition to the glasses. My comms with Meta here:
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Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now M...
An AI avatar of a man who was killed in a road rage incident addressed a court and the man who killed him. First time the AI avatar of a victim—in this case, a dead man—has ever addressed a court. We spoke to the sister who made it. The judge said they loved it
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'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.
New from 404 Media: TeleMessage, the Signal clone used by the Trump admin that was hacked, deleted a video describing how system worked. We've published a transcript of it here to preserve TeleMessage's claims around its security, inc. claim of end-to-end encryption
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Signal Clone TeleMessage Deleted Video About How It Works—Here’s What It Said
A hacker compromised TeleMessage, a company that provides Signal chat archiving services to the Trump administration. TeleMessage has now hidden a ...
The 404 Media Podcast is up! This week: - our massive story about the hack of TeleMessage, the Signal clone used by the Trump admin - hacker also targets GlobalX, one of the main airlines used by ICE for deportation flights - subscribers-only: Mr. Deepfakes shutdown
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Podcast: The Trump Admin's Signal Clone Was Hacked
Our massive story about the TeleMessage hack; hackers targeted an airline used by ICE too; and the closure of Mr. Deepfakes.
New from 404 Media: after we revealed the Signal clone used by Trump administration had been hacked, senator is now demanding a DOJ investigation into the serious threat to national security posed by TeleMessage, whether Israeli government involved in its development
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Senator Demands Investigation into Trump Admin Signal Clone After 404 Media Investigation
404 Media reported on Sunday a hacker had got users' messages and group chats from TeleMessage. Now Senator Ron Wyden is demanding an investigation.
New from Media: GlobalX, a major airline for Trump's deportations, has been hacked. There's a defacement on the site at the moment. Hacker sent us data they say are passenger lists for flights. We cross-checked with court records/lists of deported people. Matches.
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GlobalX, Airline for Trump’s Deportations, Hacked
Hackers say they have obtained what they say are passenger lists for GlobalX flights from January to this month. The data appears to include people...
New from 404 Media: 100,000 people are using a Telegram bot that makes AI cumshot videos of anyone. The bot has only been around since April, showing just how quickly abusive tools like this are spreading and growing. Telegram hasn't removed the bot
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100,000 People Are Using a Telegram Bot That Makes AI Cumshot Videos of Anyone
An open AI video generation model that was released last month is now being used by thousands of people to generate nonconsensual sexual videos of ...