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Male Tech Conference Founder Runs Popular Woman-in-Tech Account (???)
Episode 15
So much drama this episode but with an important message behind it all. For the first half, Sam and Jason break down their stories about Eduards Sizo…
2 years, 3 months ago
OpenAI, Harry Potter Fanfic, and Hackers Who Gamble
Episode 14
Well that was a lot of drama in the world of OpenAI. Fear not, we have a unique angle on how the person in the running to be OpenAI's new CEO was a c…
2 years, 3 months ago
Venture Capitalists a16z Fund Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn
Episode 13
We recorded this immediately after publishing some breaking news: we discovered that venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is funding Civit…
2 years, 3 months ago
How AI-Powered Cameras Took Over One Small American Town
Episode 12
This week goes in all sorts of directions. First, Joseph runs through his in-depth article on Fusus, a surveillance company that took over one small …
2 years, 4 months ago
YouTube Profiting from a Drug Market, and SIM Swappers Working with Ransomware Gangs
Episode 11
We're shaking things up with a new format! As well as the two stories available to all listeners, we have a third discussion at the end which is only…
2 years, 4 months ago
OSINT, Twitter, and a $30 Million Bitcoin Ring
Episode 10
For the first half of the show, we talk about a couple of stories around the Israel-Palestine conflict. First, Instagram "sincerely apologizes" to Sa…
2 years, 4 months ago
AI is Muddying the Horrors of War, and a Film Community Implodes
Episode 9
Content warning for the first half of the episode because it touches on violent themes. Emanuel takes us through how so-called AI detectors are, inst…
2 years, 4 months ago
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 o…
2 years, 5 months 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 basica…
2 years, 5 months 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…
2 years, 5 months ago