The 404 Media Podcast

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The 404 Media Podcast

Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. -4 ДН.

    The Rise of AI Book Ripoffs

    We start this week's episode with Joseph finding out someone basically ripped off his book with a potentially AI-generated summary. Emanuel also updates us on some of the impact his reporting on AI in libraries has had. After the break, Sam tells us all about a Y Combinator supported startup that is straight-up dehumanizing factory workers. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about an apparent act of protest from inside the U.S. government involving an AI video of Musk and Trump. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/Smx3xHTEZiE SXSW event information A Slop Publisher Sold a Ripoff of My Book on Amazon Y Combinator Supports AI Startup Dehumanizing Factory Workers AI Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes Blasted on Government Office TVs Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    43 мин.

  2. 19 ФЕВР.

    DOGE's Website, Hacked

    This week we start with Jason's story about anyone being able to push updates to DOGE.gov website. Then we talk about other stories with the DEI.gov and Waste.gov sites. After the break, Sam tells us all about some lawyers who get caught using AI in a case. In the subscribers-only section, we chat about a true crime documentary YouTube channel where the murders were all AI-generated. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/wqjeDFk9LMo Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password Elon Musk's Waste.gov Is Just a WordPress Theme Placeholder Page Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Call It a 'Cautionary Tale' A ‘True Crime’ Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    39 мин.

  3. 12 ФЕВР.

    AI Is Breaking Our Brains

    This week we discuss a new Microsoft study that finds using generative AI is "atrophying" people's cognition and critical thinking skills and the right's war on Wikipedia. Articles discussed: Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared” Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    51 мин.

  4. 5 ФЕВР.

    Inside Musk’s Government Takeover

    We dedicate the whole free section of this episode to Musk’s takeover of the federal government. We got audio from a meeting in which a Musk ally laid out their plans for AI across the government, and revealed who is now the head of HR for DOGE. In the subscribers only section, we talk about how your public library probably already has a bunch of AI slop. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/fTgHpq4-psQ ‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’ AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    49 мин.

  5. 29 ЯНВ.

    The Truth Behind DeepSeek

    We start this week with Emanuel's rundown on the DeepSeek situation, the Chinese-made AI that has rocked stock markets and the wider AI industry. After the break, Sam explains how metadata in U.S. government memos lists Project 2025 members as the memo authors. In the subscribers-only section, Jason and Sam explain how GitHub is showing the U.S. government's purging of information in real time. YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=351BmM2SaXY DeepSeek Mania Shakes AI Industry to Its Core Memos to Federal Employees Were Written By People With Ties to Project 2025, Metadata Shows Trump’s Administration Is Taking Down Sites About Gender Identity All Over the Internet GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    56 мин.

  6. 27 ЯНВ.

    Pornhub Exec Discusses Pulling Out of the South, Trad Wives, and Feet Pics

    On this special guest episode of the 404 Media Podcast, Sam talks to Alexzandra Kekesi, VP of Brand and Community at Pornhub. Kekesi started in her current role in August 2023, after working for Pornhub and its parent company for more than a decade. She joined us from Montreal, where Pornhub is headquartered. They discuss the stigma facing the adult industry, Luigi Mangione porn, the trad wife to feet pics pipeline, and algorithms that shut you down for showing side boob. Kekesi also breaks down Pornhub’s choice to pull out of states in more than a third of the U.S., following regressive age verification laws. Pornhub Sees Surge of Interest in Tradwife Content, ‘Modesty,’ and Mindfulness Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South Age Verification Laws Drag Us Back to the Dark Ages of the Internet Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    54 мин.

  7. 22 ЯНВ.

    TikTok and the Tech Oligarchy

    We start this week with the TikTok ban: how we got here, what happened, and, most importantly, why it means we need more decentralized services. Jason runs us through it. After the break, Joseph breaks down a site called GeoSpy which is marketing geolocation technology to the cops. In the subscribers-only section, we all scroll through an archive of old Nokia (yes, Nokia) designs. Good stuff in there. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/DOXnpENi8Sg 02:27 Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy The U.S. Wants to Ban TikTok for the Sins of Every Social Media Company 27:31 The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (or Stalkers) Can Use to Geolocate Photos in Seconds Nokia’s Weird Y2K Designs Show the Future We Could Have Had Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    50 мин.

  8. 15 ЯНВ.

    Total Chaos at Meta

    We've got much more on what is happening inside Meta with the company's recent speech policy changes. Jason runs us through it. After the break, Joseph explains how thousands of apps have been hijacked to steal your location data, possibly without the app developers' knowledge. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about various stories intersecting with the LA fires, such as Amazon delivery drivers and AI images. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/ItOENEWAy3s. ‘It’s Total Chaos Internally at Meta Right Now’: Employees Protest Zuckerberg’s Anti LGBTQ Changes Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How People Think AI Images of Hollywood Sign Burning Are Real An Amazon Delivery Confirmation Photo Is the Last Time a Palisades Resident Saw Her Burnt Down House ‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster Subscribe at 404media.co for bonus content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    56 мин.
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Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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