Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Pickleball Drama, Auto-Generated Women, and Really Big Drone Contracts
This week, we discuss uncovering government defense contracts, revealing fake "auto-generated" female speakers, and thoughts on FOIA.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Disney Copyright, Singing Xi, and the Wizarding World of Effective Altruists
This week, we're looking at OpenAI-adjacent Harry Potter fanfic, Disney's AI generated copyright, and questions about Hugging Face's selectively-enforced terms.
Podcast
Podcast: OpenAI, Harry Potter Fanfic, and Hackers Who Gamble
In this week's episode, we take a unique angle on the OpenAI drama, talk Twitter and sex work, then get into how hackers gamble away stolen Bitcoin at online casinos.
Gadgets
New Kodak Super 8 Film Camera Thought to Be Vaporware Is Actually Coming Out, Costs $5,495, Charges With MicroUSB
A new hybrid film-digital movie camera for a format invented in 1965 is actually coming. It's very weird, and very expensive.
repair
Consumer Rights Groups Petition Government to Create Formal Rules Protecting Right to Repair
The FTC and Biden have repeatedly argued repair monopolies are illegal. So why haven't they created formal regulations protecting right to repair?
OpenAI
OpenAI Announces Sam Altman Is Returning as CEO With a 'New Board'
OpenAI has replaced almost all of the members of the board that fired former and now-current CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI
CEO Reminds Everyone His Company Collects Customers' Sleep Data to Make Zeitgeisty Point About OpenAI Drama
The Eight Sleep pod is a mattress topper with a terms of service and a privacy policy. The company "may share or sell" the sleep data it collects from its users.
News
Hugging Face Removes Singing AI Models of Xi Jinping But Not of Biden
The removals come as Hugging Face is banned in China, which the company called “regrettable.”
News
The PS5’s $200 Pro-Controller Has a Major Problem With Its Grips
Grips on the PS5 DualSense Edge controller are peeling away after normal use, according to 404 Media's own experience and multiple people complaining online.
Adblock
YouTube Says New 5-Second Video Load Delay Is Supposed to Punish Ad Blockers, Not Firefox Users
Firefox users are reporting an 'artificial' load time on YouTube videos. YouTube says it's part of a plan to make people who use adblockers "experience suboptimal viewing, regardless of the browser they are using."
AI
New OpenAI CEO Was a Character in a Harry Potter Fanfic That's Wildly Popular With Effective Altruists
OpenAI interim CEO Emmett Shear says he believes there is a 5-50 percent chance of AI-induced apocalypse.
AI
Bing Generates Disney Logos, Definitely Won’t Incur Disney’s Wrath
Microsoft recently pledged to cover the legal costs of customers who infringe on copyright while using its AI-generated content services.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: The TikTok Letter, Brand Safety, and AI Girlfriends Gone Offline
This week, we discuss the bin Laden TikTok controversy, how brand safety shapes the internet, and Instagram's enforcement of its own rules (or lack thereof).