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SpongeBob, AI, and a Crisis Among Ticket Sellers
Episode 8
This episode is a fun one. First, Sam takes us through her story about generating images of SpongeBob and 9/11 with Bing's AI. Why? Because a bunch of people found a way to create similar images even…
Published on 2 years ago
A Glitch Is Hiding Porn on YouTube, and Food Delivery Robots Feed Footage to the LAPD
Episode 7
This week we start with a super interesting set of stories about how a small community has found a glitch in YouTube. It lets the group upload basically anything it wants to the platform with little …
Published on 2 years ago
Ticket Scalpers, The New Frontier of AI Chat Bots, and Mass Doxing on TikTok
Episode 6
Holy moly that's a big ol' episode. Jason is back and tells us how ticket scalping actually works on a technical level, and how Ticketmaster benefits from scalping. Sam then explains how AI chatbots …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The Tool That ICE Can Use to Track Pregnancy Websites and Fortnite
Episode 5
On this week's episode you won't hear Jason because he is out on location reporting from a right to repair conference in New Orleans! Before that, he was in Las Vegas reporting on the ongoing ransomw…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
We Reveal One of the FBI's Most Closely Guarded Secrets
Episode 4
On this week's episode Joseph, Jason, Emanuel and Sam first talk about something that sounds like a Harry Styles story, but it's actually an artificial intelligence one. We also play a few rounds of …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Amazon Is Selling AI-Generated Books That Are a Matter of 'Life or Death'
Episode 3
On this week's episode Joseph, Jason, Emanuel and Sam first talk about how Amazon is selling mushroom foraging books that appear to be AI-generated. Not great when foraging can be a matter of life or…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Instagram's Rampant Ads-for-Crime Problem
Episode 2
On this week's episode Joseph, Jason, Emanuel and Sam first talk about how Instagram is profiting from a vast network of adverts for crime. Instagram even throttled our reach on the platform while co…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Welcome to 404 Media
Episode 1
Welcome to 404 Media! On this special introductory episode, 404 Media co-founders Joseph Cox, Sam Cole, Emanuel Maiberg, and Jason Koebler explain what's in store for this new, journalist-founded med…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago