New from 404 Media: inside the Discord community developing its own hair loss drugs. Members contribute data and research in exchange for crypto tokens. Some of them claim “the best hair loss researchers are basically anons on the internet.”
New: a16z-backed AI platform Civitai has banned AI models depicting likeness of real people. This is a major development considering making AIs of other people is what a ton of Civitai's users do. Comes after pressure from payment processor and 404 Media’s reporting
New from 404 Media: ICE is tapping into a nationwide AI camera network, data we got shows. Flock's automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in thousands of communities. Data shows "ICE", "immigration" as reasons for use. Local cops doing lookups for ICE, no warrant
New from 404 Media: the CIA secretly ran a Star Wars fan website. Was part of the network of sites the CIA used to communicate with sources. Iran discovered the network, imprisoned people. Later dozens died in China after exposed
New from 404 Media: authors are getting caught leaving AI prompts in their novels, telling the AI to follow someone else's style. We bought a copy to confirm.
New from 404 Media: iconic hacking con HOPE has sold 50% fewer tickets this year, with event just a few months away. Organizers say it's due to U.S. immigration crackdown. A speaker already pulled out, said friends' devices seized at border. Will impact the event
New from 404 Media: popular VR game Gorilla Tag just implemented age verification measures. Kids say they are using photos of G-Man, Trump, and the YouTuber Markiplier to bypass the face scanning tech
New: Researchers published a massive database of more than 2 billion Discord messages that they say they scraped using Discord’s public API. Released publicly so anyone can download
New from 404 Media: Trump just said his "Golden Dome" project would start soon. Scientists we've spoken to say it's pure fantasy.
Turns out that AI-generated summer guide printed by the Chicago Sun-Times was made by magazine giant Hearst. We spoke to them.