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Podcast: Male Tech Conference Founder Runs Popular Woman-in-Tech Account (???)
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Podcast: Male Tech Conference Founder Runs Popular Woman-in-Tech Account (???)

In this week's episode, we talk about the bizarre tale of a tech conference founder who listed a fake, "auto-generated" woman as a speaker, and how he is also behind a popular woman-in-tech social media personality.
Podcast: OpenAI, Harry Potter Fanfic, and Hackers Who Gamble
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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.
Podcast: Venture Capitalists a16z Fund Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn
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Podcast: Venture Capitalists a16z Fund Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn

In this week's episode, we talk a16z's investment into AI platform Civitai, our investigation into working conditions at Labcorp, and how the "brand safety" industry is destroying media.
Podcast: How AI-Powered Cameras Took Over One Small American Town
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Podcast: How AI-Powered Cameras Took Over One Small American Town

In this week's episode, we talk Fusus AI-powered surveillance cameras, how people lost their vision (literally) at an NFT conference, and how scammers are using malicious insiders at Walmart to conduct refund fraud.
Podcast: We're shaking it up with a new format
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Podcast: We're shaking it up with a new format

We're introducing a subscribers-only segment to the weekly podcast, where we talk about even more stuff we've published.
Podcast: OSINT, Twitter, and a $30 Million Bitcoin Ring
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Podcast: OSINT, Twitter, and a $30 Million Bitcoin Ring

In this week's episode we talk about how Instagram is very, very sorry it auto-translated sentences containing "Palestinian" to add "terrorist." We also talk about the downward trend of OSINT on Twitter, and how the FBI cracked an alleged $30 million cash-for-Bitcoin ring.
Podcast: AI is Muddying the Horrors of War, and a Film Community Implodes
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Podcast: AI is Muddying the Horrors of War, and a Film Community Implodes

In this week's episode we talk about how AI image detectors are making things worse in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and how a community of film photographers is dealing with a trademark issue.
Why We Cover AI the Way We Do
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Why We Cover AI the Way We Do

We answer questions from readers about our coverage of AI, including Epic Games CEO and founder Tim Sweeney.
Podcast: SpongeBob, AI, and a Crisis Among Ticket Resellers
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Podcast: SpongeBob, AI, and a Crisis Among Ticket Resellers

In this week's episode we show that Microsoft's image AI isn't even following Microsoft's own guidelines. Plus, a shout-out to our subscribers-only episode all about our AI coverage.
Podcast: A Glitch Is Hiding Porn on YouTube, and Food Delivery Robots Feed Footage to the LAPD
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Podcast: A Glitch Is Hiding Porn on YouTube, and Food Delivery Robots Feed Footage to the LAPD

In this week's episode, Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason chat about a fascinating YouTube glitch, and what precedent a food robot giving footage to the LAPD sets.
Podcast: Ticket Scalpers, The New Frontier of AI Chat Bots, and Mass Doxing on TikTok
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Podcast: Ticket Scalpers, The New Frontier of AI Chat Bots, and Mass Doxing on TikTok

In this week's episode, Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason chat about, among a host of other things, Jason's failed attempt at being a ticket scalper.
Podcast: The Tool That ICE Can Use to Track Pregnancy Websites and Fortnite
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Podcast: The Tool That ICE Can Use to Track Pregnancy Websites and Fortnite

In this week's episode, Joseph, Sam, and Emanuel chat about ShadowDragon, a tool ICE has access to that hoovers up all sorts of data.