Hacking
Feds Want to Ban the World’s Cutest Hacking Device. Experts Say It's a ‘Scapegoat’
Canada is moving to ban the TikTok-famous Flipper Zero, claiming that it contributes to car thefts. It doesn’t.
Janus Rose
2.12.24
Tech news
Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare
Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.
Janus Rose
1.25.24
ISRAEL-PALESTINE
Berlin Stops Blocking Artists From Criticizing Israel After Massive Boycott
A controversial rule restricting speech about Israel was dropped after artists abandoned festival lineups in Germany’s techno mecca.
Janus Rose
1.23.24
deepfakes
Congress Is Trying to Stop AI Nudes and Deepfake Scams Because Celebrities Are Mad
Lawmakers are introducing new bills to protect famous actors and musicians from ‘AI Fraud’—and maybe the rest of us.
Janus Rose
1.16.24
AI chatbots
This AI Chatbot is Trained to Jailbreak Other Chatbots
Researchers used an open-source tool to generate malicious prompts that evade content filters in ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing Chat.
Janus Rose
1.3.24
Tech news
Child Sex Abuse Material Was Found In a Major AI Dataset. Researchers Aren’t Surprised.
The LAION-5B dataset is the basis for numerous AI models. Researchers have long warned that massive training datasets are poorly audited.
Janus Rose
12.20.23
Tech news
A U.S. Politician Is Robocalling Voters With an AI Chatbot Named ‘Ashley’
Pennsylvania Democrat Shemaine Daniels’ campaign for the House is the first to use AI to seek a Congressional seat.
Janus Rose
12.12.23
Wikipedia
Wikipedia Editor Who First Noted Henry Kissinger's Death Has Become an 'Instant Legend'
An editor named Asticky is receiving congratulations and accolades from other users on the site after becoming the first to update Kissinger's page.
Janus Rose
11.30.23
palestine
The Palestinian Internet of the 90s Is Being Preserved, One GIF at a Time
'Palestine Online' is reviving the history of Palestinian life at the turn of the millennium, amidst the ongoing siege on Gaza.
Janus Rose
11.29.23
internet lore
I Found the Guy Behind a Lost 20-Year-Old 'Weather Channel' Banger
A viral tweet and a year of searching is what it took to find the composer of the Weather Channel's amazing "storm alert" theme.
Janus Rose
10.23.23
AI
Major Tech Investor Calls Architect of Fascism a 'Saint' in Unhinged Manifesto
Silicon Valley's 'techno-optimism' cult believes we should let rich tech guys do whatever they want.
Janus Rose
10.17.23
AI
Generative AI Is a Disaster, and Companies Don’t Seem to Really Care
In their push for AI-generated content, tech companies are dancing on the edge between fucking around and finding out.
Janus Rose
Jordan Pearson
10.6.23
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