ChatGPT Ads Target Your Phone Number, Email
OpenAI's ads targeting is pretty creepy, and new research confirms spyware companies are delivering potent malware through advertising networks.
Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month
Some employees who spend as much as $1,000 on Claude usage each month are scrambling to find ways to maintain access to the tool.
Video Game Reverse Engineering Community Shuts Down Because AI Has Made It Too Easy
"Historically, decompilation has been a brutally difficult, time consuming task." Now, AI is trivially doing it.
How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email
Most ChatGPT users probably don’t know you can be specifically targeted on the platform by advertisers based on your email, phone number, or unique phone identifier.
There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot
Livestreamers used a robot to harass a woman for social media clout on the street in Germany.
Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.
Tesla's 'Security Protocols' Stopped DHS From Installing a Tracking Device
A federal warrant application detailed how Tesla’s security protocols stopped agents from tracking a suspected drug trafficker’s car.
Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work
Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.
The Creator of ‘Smutstep’ Wants You to ‘Let Your Freak Flag Fly’
DARQ DAGR combined BookTok romantasy and dubstep to create something new and somewhat controversial. “It’s accepting and embracing what you're into within a safe and healthy…
Dubstep and BookTok, a perfect match?
New music genre just dropped. Also: A Tesla locks out cops, and more from around the web.
Cops can creep on Airbnb
That washer/dryer combo could be used by cops to identify a property.
Scientists Detect Record-Breaking Radio Signal from the Ancient Universe
A fast radio burst that traveled across 10 billion light years reached Earth in 2024, doubling the distance record for these unexplained and energetic signals from space.
Following 404 Media Investigation, Senator Demands Info About White House's License Plate Surveillance Program
Sen. Ron Wyden is seeking a privacy review report about the HIDTA license plate program.
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
Behind the Blog: What Would the Pope Do?
This week, we discuss AI and spirituality.
Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Ban Flock Act on Friday, which would stop federal agencies from using automatic…
Watch an Unconstitutional Flock Search
We got the bodycam and in-car footage from the unconstitutional Flock search. Also now you can basically have sex with Claude Code?
Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable and Will Be Completely Destroyed, Study Finds
The estimated lifespan of the outer solar system has been downgraded from 100 billion years to just a few billion years, according to a study that probed “terminal instability”…
Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional
"I saw her go by, and I just started running her info on Flock."
Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.
Muse escapes containment
“Indiscriminate mass surveillance," a Meta Muse scoop, and more in today's daily newsletter.
Meta Rushed to Fix Muse ‘VM Escape' Vulnerability Soon Before Launch
The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.
'Everything but censorship'
A look at the state of student journalism in light of the Cornell sexual assault case, and much more.
'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
Her AI-Generated Video Swayed the Judge. The Court Said it Carried 'Undue Emotional Weight'
"Chris’ sentiment does not change," said the sister who created an AI avatar of her slain brother Christopher Pelkey to speak in court.
arXiv Is Rate Limiting Submissions Because It Can’t Keep up With AI Slop
The academic publisher said submissions have doubled in the past two years and moderators are having a hard time keeping up.
How Schools and Universities Try to Censor Student Journalists
As the Cornell 7 case highlights the importance of student journalism, public records reveal how schools try to censor on-campus news outlets.
'Undue emotional weight'
AI-generated political slop, a farewell to a good bird, and more.
Behind the Blog: Freaking Out
This week, we discuss inbox slop, Claude cults, and more.
Podcast: The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
The massive FBI hack; a company wants to add facial recognition onto Flock; and Muse in some cases is actually just people.
Podcast: Leak Show Cops Can Break into Locked iPhones
Cops are getting around a very important iPhone security feature; someone made an LLM torture chamber; and lawyers going wild with ChatGPT.
‘Jonathan’ Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth. He Could Hold the Secrets to Defying Death
Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, was born before the Civil War. Scientists have now sequenced his genome to reveal what’s behind his extreme longevity, so we can…
Data Centers Are War Targets Now
"Why have we gotten to the point where we have permitted militaries of various states to use civilian commercial data centers for their military purposes?"
AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo
Raven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
Nidal Hasan’s Public Execution Is Off, But Propagandists Are Still Using Him as a Martyr
News that the Pentagon would livestream the killer’s execution turned him into a celebrity in Islamist and extremist circles.