Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGrokipedia Is Cringe
We start this week with Jason’s explanation of what Grokipedia is, and how it compares to the very much human-made Wikipedia. After the break, we tal…
3 months, 1 week ago
Hackers Dox ICE
We start this week with Joseph’s articles about a hacking group that doxed DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ officials. The group then sent us the personal data…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Meta Tells Workers to ‘Go 5x Faster’ with AI
We start this week with Jason’s article about an internal Meta message telling workers to increase their output by 5x with AI. That’s five times, not…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an Environmental Disaster (With Nathan Proctor)
Jason is joined by US PIRG's right to repair campaign director Nathan Proctor, who explains why the imminent end of free support for Windows 10 compu…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Final Boss of AI Slop
We start this week with a couple of our articles about Sora 2, OpenAI’s new AI slop app. People are already using tools to remove watermarks from its…
4 months ago
Landlords Demand Your Workplace Logins to Scrape Paystubs
We start this week with Joseph’s article about landlords and income verification companies demanding login details from potential renters so the comp…
4 months, 1 week ago
We're Suing ICE. Here's Why
We start this week with some news: we are suing ICE for access to its $2 million contract with a company that sells powerful spyware. Paragon sells t…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The (Hacked) Spy In Your Car
We start this week with Joseph’s investigation into Nexar, a popular dashcam company that was catastrophically hacked. Nexar is also uploading user f…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
AI Slop Is Drowning Out Human YouTubers
This week, we talk about how 'Boring History' AI slop is taking over YouTube and making it harder to discover content that humans spend months resear…
5 months ago
404 Media Live: LA! [TEASER]
This is a recording of our live show in Los Angeles in July! In this show we spoke all about ICE's technology and our reporting on it. Facial recogni…
5 months, 1 week ago