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(DIR) Post #B4jVYc9tQx9MUOjP5E by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Lonely young people are likely better off texting a random stranger than talking to a chatbot, according to a new study.https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/
(DIR) Post #B4t3K9VwHX1SSaxSXg by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.https://www.404media.co/artemis-2-astronauts-microsoft-outlook-livestream/
(DIR) Post #B4t9qgXZcq1NshcPho by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial.https://www.404media.co/a-secure-chat-apps-encryption-is-so-bad-it-is-meaningless/
(DIR) Post #B4zlcNGDTPUBEorXCS by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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“Text generated by large language models (LLMs) often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies,” Wikipedia’s new policy states. “For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited."https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/
(DIR) Post #B501E2ZQLVpTNwGW24 by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit. https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts/
(DIR) Post #B55t9YW4VjcwKZo85A by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Marathon is a great game for uncs. As signs of a crash change the video game industry, there might not be a lot of those left.https://www.404media.co/i-wish-i-didnt-care-about-marathon-player-numbers-but-i-do/
(DIR) Post #B5DF7F2bVTCcRr2sJk by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Signal already has a setting that blocks message content from displaying in push notifications; the case highlights why such a feature might be important for some users to turn on. https://www.404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/
(DIR) Post #B5GIzCGsu2GApg1ZBI by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.https://www.404media.co/hacker-compromises-a16z-backed-phone-farm-tries-to-post-memes-calling-a16z-the-antichrist/
(DIR) Post #B5IBAelCuWjr3f540e by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/
(DIR) Post #B5WOMIfOto9zczgb7w by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Malus, which is a piece of satire but also fully functional, performs a "clean room" clone of open source software, meaning users could then sell software without crediting the original developers.https://www.404media.co/this-ai-tool-rips-off-open-source-software-without-violating-copyright/
(DIR) Post #B5fMpsdfmdNS6cUifo by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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A new class of AI startups say they are taking money that would normally be used to hire people and are spending it on AI compute instead.https://www.404media.co/startups-brag-they-spend-more-money-on-ai-than-human-employees/
(DIR) Post #B5isXWTDFP0q95lupE by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Here's what happened when powerful hacking tools from one of the most trusted vendors ended up in the wrong hands.https://www.404media.co/government-hacking-tools-are-now-in-criminals-hands-with-lorenzo-franceschi-bicchierai/
(DIR) Post #B5p3tY6s63Ac2umrSa by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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AirKamuy is shipping flatpacked drones made of paper that cost around $2,000.https://www.404media.co/japan-cardboard-drones-air-kamuy/
(DIR) Post #B5tv39F1U5Wi14tyF6 by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Philosophers said the paper’s argument is sound, but that “all these arguments have been presented years and years ago.”https://www.404media.co/google-deepmind-paper-argues-llms-will-never-be-conscious/
(DIR) Post #B65wABNKNdCAVrDv2O by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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The University promised “to pursue all rights and claims for necessary relief” if a small Michigan community won’t pump water into a data center.https://www.404media.co/university-claims-withholding-water-from-nuclear-weapons-data-center-is-unlawfully-discriminatory-to-data-centers/
(DIR) Post #B6Afv0fbGyijUVJTZw by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Thursday afternoon, millions of students at thousands of universities and K-12 schools were locked out of Canvas, a piece of catch-all education technology software that has become the de facto core of many classes. https://www.404media.co/the-biggest-student-data-privacy-disaster-in-history-canvas-hack-shows-the-danger-of-centralized-edtech/
(DIR) Post #B6vhfIIxkWETFhE3Hs by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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The researchers compared AI to the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, who can’t see he’s stumbling through dangerous situations.https://www.404media.co/nvidia-and-microsoft-researchers-say-ai-agents-dont-care-about-safety-or-reliability/
(DIR) Post #B6vputwishuZyImBSi by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/
(DIR) Post #B8JSrKhyUmMgdTdRgm by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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The Los Angeles Police Department let its Flock contract expire over the weekend in part because it was regularly "investigating" and surveilling innocent people.https://www.404media.co/lapd-regularly-pulled-over-innocent-people-because-license-plate-readers-flagged-their-cars-as-stolen/
(DIR) Post #B8MkudNY1zik6KqtBQ by 404mediaco@mastodon.social
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ChatGPT flyers are everywhere; how Waymo drove some kids to the cops; and a $3,000 suit that electrocutes your muscles.https://www.404media.co/podcast-we-are-living-in-a-chatgpt-flyer-pandemic/