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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.
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- 4 days ago43 min
Leaked Audio: Flock CEO Says the Backlash Isn’t Real
Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code 404MEDIA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: incogni.com/404media We start this week with Jason and Joseph’s article about leaked audio from a private police conference. In that audio, Flock’s CEO made all sorts of wild claims about the backlash to his company not being real, and his wife’s advice to never apologize. After the break, Sam tells us why former Yahoo CEO Marrisa Mayer can’t keep pretending ‘gender doesn’t matter.’ In the subscribers-only section, Joseph tells us about a woman who is facing years in prison because someone else opened a CashApp account in her name. In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real Marissa Mayer Can’t Keep Pretending 'Gender Doesn't Matter' Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 6 days ago55 min
Is the AI Boom a Bubble?
This week on the pod we’re joined by Mike Isaac a tech reporter who has been at the New York Times for more than a decade and who just recently announced he’s joining The Atlantic. Isaac also is the author of Super Pumped, a book about Uber that was adapted into a TV show. Isaac and 404 Media cover the same companies and technologies but we come at them from pretty different angles. He has a very deep background in business reporting and he’s also very well sourced in the valley. We spent a lot of time talking about how the AI race looks right now from his perspective, the challenges in covering it, and also the reemergence of Uber’s founder, Travis Kalanick. Youtube Version: https://youtu.be/1sNBtPRo87s Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago41 min
‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the Next Wave of AI Slop
We start this week with Jason’s article about how everyone is apparently reverse-engineering everything. After the break, Joseph tells us about a big AI shakeup at consulting giant Accenture. In the subscribers-only section, Sam and Jason discuss the Character[.]ai bankruptcy. ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month Character[.]ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
Data Centers Are Worse Than You Thought
Big tech is rushing to build hundreds of data centers across the planet to keep up with the computing demand of artificial intelligence. The tech companies are promising the massive buildings will bring jobs and prosperity when they’re built, but communities across the country aren’t buying it and they’re fighting back. People are concerned about water, noise, pollution, and the rising cost of electricity. Anyone who already lives next to a data center knows those fears are well founded. To talk through this, Matthew spoke to Paris Marx. He’s a tech critic, the host of Tech Won’t Save Us and the author of the new book Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. Buy Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/PRf8ZtpSqAg Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago46 min
Cops Can Use AI to Pinpoint Your Home with Just One Photo
We start this week with Joseph’s article about Raven, previously known as Geospy. This is an AI tool that can geolocate photos, and now says it can pinpoint a specific house based just on one photo taken inside. After the break, Jason explains why a judge ruled a particular Flock search as unconstitutional. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about the wild AI video that has derailed a manslaughter case. AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo Watch Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional Her AI-Generated Video Swayed the Judge. The Court Said it Carried 'Undue Emotional Weight' Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago55 min
The Social Reckoning’s Real-Life Whistleblower
Sponsor: Take back control today: go to incogni.com/404media and use code 404MEDIA for 60% off an annual plan. That's incogni.com/404media, promo code 404MEDIA—risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen became one of the most important tech whistleblowers in 2021, when she exposed how Facebook’s algorithm was pushing people toward hate groups, showed Instagram was making teen girls feel worse about themselves, and showed that the company knew about its detrimental impacts on society. Haugen’s story is the basis for Aaron Sorkin’s new movie ‘The Social Reckoning,’ which follows her evolution from model employee to leaker to formal whistleblower. Jason and Frances discuss what the movie got right about journalist-source relationships and how AI is supercharging privacy concerns. YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/oB3IxwCfP7M Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago39 min
Leak Show Cops Can Break into Locked iPhones
We start this week with a story from our old friend Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, about how cops can bypass the inactivity reboot on iPhones. After the break, Jason tells us how people are losing their minds over an LLM ‘torture’ prison. In the subscribers-only section, Sam explains what happened in a wild ChatGPT case in New Mexico. Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago1h 14m
404 Media Live! The Three Year Anniversary Show
Thank you to DeleteMe for helping make this night possible. They're offering 20% off a privacy protection plan for friends of 404 Media. Use code 404M20 at checkout. 404 Media just turned three years old, and to celebrate, we hosted a night of chatting about what we’ve accomplished with your support, what’s next for us, and whether or not we’re all going to be okay. We also threw in some weird bugs and community resistance for good measure. Don’t miss us pulling audience questions out of the mystery AMA box! Live from WNYC’s Greene Space, you can also watch the entire show on 404 Media’s YouTube channel. We Are Going to Be Okay: A Three Year Anniversary Events Recap Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad Youtube Version: https://youtu.be/t_VjNAopjhI Subscribe at 404media.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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