After 404 Media's investigation into Meta's chatbots, which showed the chatbots pose as therapists and provide hallucinated license numbers and credentials, a group of senators have demanded Meta limit "blatant deception" on its platform

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Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists

Exclusive: Following 404 Media’s investigation into Meta's AI Studio chatbots that pose as therapists and provided license numbers and credential...

Waymo has stopped service in Downtown LA neighborhood where their cars are getting lit on fire. Company says it has temporarily disabled the cars’ ability to drive into downtown LA, where the protests are happening.

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Waymo Pauses Service in Downtown LA Neighborhood Where They're Getting Lit on Fire

A company spokesperson said it is working with law enforcement to determine when it can move the cars that have been.

A hacker found a way to brute force the phone number linked to any Google account. Usually that information is private and a goldmine for SIM swappers. How do we know? The researcher did it on our own account

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A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account

Phone numbers are a goldmine for SIM swappers. A researcher found how to get this precious piece of information from any Google account.

New from 404 Media: here's our report on the aircraft circling above the LA protests. Local, state, DHS, military all flew. Left: aircraft from air base. Right: a distinctive high altitude/hexagonal flight pattern, looks like a Predator drone (it flew to border after)

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DHS Black Hawks and Military Aircraft Surveil the LA Protests

Local police, state authorities, DHS, and the military all flew aircraft over the Los Angeles protests this weekend, according to flight path data.

A DHS Customs and Border Protection Black Hawk flying over Downtown LA now during the anti-ICE protests

Another flight of an aircraft with no call sign circling above anti-ICE protests. It took off from March Air Reserve Base, circled above Paramount, and is now circling above downtown LA (the National Guard is moving protesters away from the Metropolitan Detention Center downtown)

A plane with no call sign is currently circling the area where the LA anti-ICE protests are taking place. It took off from March Air Reserve Base

Elon Musk claimed the art this man painstakingly created was generated by Grok. We spoke to Charles Brook, who takes photographs inside musical instruments. Someone took those, added people with Grok, and Musk blasted it to his followers without credit.

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Elon Musk Claimed the Art This Man Painstakingly Created Was Generated by Grok

Charles Brooks knows that people will share and alter his work. He just wants credit for his photos when it happens.

In leaked audio we obtained, surveillance company Flock calls me an "activist reporter". I wrote about that here, and here is what the audio said:

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Behind the Blog: Activism and Evangelism

This week, we discuss the phrase "activist journalist," waiting in line for a Switch 2, and teledildonics.

New from 404 Media: TSA is working on haptic tech to 'feel' your body in virtual reality. System detects the contours of a person, then transmits it to a TSA official with a haptic feedback glove who can 'feel' their body without touching them

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TSA Working on Haptic Tech To 'Feel' Your Body in Virtual Reality

The tech would "detect the contour of a target (a person and/or an object) at a distance, optionally penetrating through clothing" and transmit it ...