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Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It Worked
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1 month, 1 week ago
A Repairable, No-Tech Tractor
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1 month, 1 week ago
How Deepfakes Destroyed a High School
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…1 month, 2 weeks ago
Millions of People Are Installing Malware on Their Partners’ Phones
This week Joseph speaks to Zack Whittaker, an editor at TechCrunch. Zack has been leading coverage into the spouseware or stalkerware industry. This …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Boo-sters
We start this week with Sam telling us all about the commencement speeches where speakers have been praising AI, including former Google CEO Eric Sch…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt Paris
This week, I’m delighted to be joined by Britt Paris. Britt is a critical informatics scholar and Associate Professor of Library and Information Scie…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Chinese Deepfake Software Powering Scams
We start this week with Joseph’s story about how we obtained Haotian AI, a sought-after piece of realtime video deepfake software that lets you turn …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
How the World Became a Casino (With Natasha Schüll)
The logic behind Polymarket, Kalshi and sports betting apps can be traced back to the inner workings of the slot machine.
How did we get to a point…
2 months ago
Flock Used Cameras at a Children’s Gymnastics Center for a Sales Pitch
This week we start with Jason's story about Flock accessing cameras in a children's gymnastics room as a sale pitch demo. After the break, Emanuel te…
2 months ago
The New Luddites: Why People Are Destroying Surveillance and AI Infrastructure
This week, we talk to Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine, about a rash of people physically destroying AI and surveillance infrastructure…
2 months, 1 week ago