New from 404 Media: we spoke to the researcher who found hackers can remotely trigger brakes on American trains. Says was ignored for years, DHS confirmed. "All of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet, AI could even build it for you."
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Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years
β€œAll of the knowledge to generate the exploit already exists on the internet. AI could even build it for you,” the researcher told 404 Media.
People are increasingly documenting their post-deportation journey on TikTok:
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'Deportation Tok' Is Taking Off
People are uploading videos of their post-deportation life to TikTok and other platforms.
New from 404 Media: the media's pivot to AI is not real and not going to work. Media companies are laying off workers and saying they will instead use more AI. This won't work. We have gained a single subscriber from ChatGPT. Yes, one (1). It's not a business model
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The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.
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In this week's Behind the Blog, I wrote about the decision to cover one story over another
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Behind the Blog: In Our Lane
This week, we discuss choosing what to cover, fishing expeditions, and the library.
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The UN made AI-generated refugees πŸ˜€
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The UN Made AI-Generated Refugees
The AIs are designed to teach people about atrocities in Sudan.
Trump Mobile keeps charging my credit card and I have no idea why. I didn't sign up for the phone plan. I still haven't received my gold phone. I don't know how to make them stop because the website errors out and the customer help line couldn't help either
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Trump Mobile Keeps Charging My Credit Card And I Have No Idea Why
I didn’t sign up for the Trump Mobile cellphone plan. I still haven’t received my gold plated Trump phone. But the company just charged my cred...
The Department of Homeland Security responds to our article revealing that ICE is searching a massive database of insurance claims and medical bills for deportation targets
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ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medi...
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New from 404 Media: ICE is searching a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets, according to internal ICE material. The database is all encompassing, contains details on 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills
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ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medi...
The 404 Media Podcast is back after our week off! This week: - the open source software fighting back against AI bot scrapers - leaked emails reveal ICE's new facial recognition app - subcribers-only: a bunch of LLM strories Apple/YouTube/Spotify
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Podcast: How to Fight Back Against AI Bot Scrapers
The rise of Anubis; ICE's new facial recognition app; and a bunch of articles about LLMs.
Turns out if you just use a bunch of big words, you can trick LLMs into telling you how to make a bomb or hack an ATM. Just make the question complicated, full of academic jargon, and cite sources that do not exist.
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Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon
LLMs don’t read the danger in requests if you use enough big words.