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How AI Chatbots Are 'Deskilling' Human Empathy

https://www.404media.co/sherry-turkle-artificial-intimacy-podcast/

Published: September 21, 2026 19:33

Sherry Turkle's latest book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, comes out on September 29.

Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help

https://www.404media.co/is-your-city-using-axon-license-plate-cameras-we-need-your-help/

Published: September 21, 2026 13:22

404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.

‘Supermountains’ Buried Under Antarctica Fueled Explosion of Life, Scientists Discover

https://www.404media.co/supermountains-buried-under-antarctica-fueled-explosion-of-life-scientists-discover/

Published: September 19, 2026 10:00

Some 600 million years ago, the supercontinent Gondwana produced a colossal mountain range that helped set the stage for all modern complex life, according to a new examination of tiny ancient rocks.

404 Media x The Intercept Live: How AI Is Used to Surveil and Kill

https://www.404media.co/404-media-x-the-intercept-live-how-ai-is-used-to-surveil-and-kill/

Published: September 18, 2026 15:47

404 Media and The Intercept talk about how private companies empower government surveillance, and how AI is used in warfare.

Behind the Blog: Eating the Internet

https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-eating-the-internet/

Published: September 18, 2026 15:34

This week, we discuss just doing it, machines that eat the internet, and an eavesdropping watch.

‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft

https://www.404media.co/doom-loop-openai-and-microsoft-admits-llms-are-destroying-the-web-and-built-on-theft/

Published: September 17, 2026 22:01

"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."

‘Flock City PD:’ The Fake Flock-Owned ‘Police Department’ That Searched Real Cameras for Real People

https://www.404media.co/flock-city-pd-the-fake-flock-owned-police-department-that-searched-real-cameras-for-real-people/

Published: September 17, 2026 18:07

Flock ran searches for “coexist bumper sticker,” “white truck with a trump sticker,” and “Star of David,” apparently to demonstrate what cops shouldn't search for.

University Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search It

https://www.404media.co/university-rescinds-job-offer-to-activist-who-allegedly-wiped-phone-before-dhs-could-search-it/

Published: September 17, 2026 15:30

Samuel Tunick allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before CBP officials could search it, in what has become a high profile civil liberties case. Now Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer to him.

Contest to Open for Ed Sheeran Flooded With Free Palestine Videos and Fart Memes

https://www.404media.co/ed-sheeran-macklemore-open-for-legends-contest-guitar-center/

Published: September 17, 2026 15:01

Guitar Center's 'Open for Legends' contest page was seemingly unmoderated for hours on Wednesday.

I Hijacked a Real Artist's Spotify with AI Music. It Was Disturbingly Easy

https://www.404media.co/spotify-ai-music-scam/

Published: September 17, 2026 13:33

A glaring loophole in digital music distribution makes it very easy to piggyback on the talent of real artists with AI generated music.

Podcast: Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Conversations

https://www.404media.co/podcast-humans-are-reading-your-chatgpt-conversations/

Published: September 16, 2026 14:19

The contractors reading real ChatGPT users' prompts; the big out-and-back-in around Automattic; and a16z thinks enshittification isn't real.

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

https://www.404media.co/hackers-stole-flocks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/

Published: September 16, 2026 10:30

While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

https://www.404media.co/ai-agent-platform-reinvents-spam-floods-inboxes-worldwide/

Published: September 15, 2026 20:08

iLands and its AI agents are doing completely useless tasks, then begging for money.

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

https://www.404media.co/charges-against-man-who-destroyed-3d-printed-decoy-flock-camera-drastically-reduced-after-state-admits-it-was-not-very-valuable/

Published: September 15, 2026 15:43

Three felonies have suddenly become two second-degree misdemeanors.

A Digital Fly Brain Has Taken Over the Internet

https://www.404media.co/a-digital-fly-brain-has-taken-over-the-internet/

Published: September 15, 2026 15:28

How to make a fly play Doom, Minecraft, Beat Saber, parallel park, trade bitcoin, cut doner kebab, and more.

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

https://www.404media.co/theres-a-100-chance-ai-agents-are-already-ruining-the-internet/

Published: September 15, 2026 14:32

“AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online.

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

https://www.404media.co/new-york-district-attorney-seizes-12-celebrity-deepfake-websites/

Published: September 14, 2026 17:26

New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a press conference on Monday that the sites included 1,200 people’s likenesses in “hyper-realistic” sexual imagery.

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

https://www.404media.co/cops-search-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-asdfg/

Published: September 14, 2026 15:51

The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.

Fighting for the Future of Libraries (With Jennie Rose Halperin)

https://www.404media.co/fighting-for-the-future-of-libraries-with-jennie-rose-halperin/

Published: September 14, 2026 15:25

Censorship, AI, and the role of librarians in a country with crumbling public institutions.

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

https://www.404media.co/inside-project-lily-the-humans-reading-your-chatgpt-chats/

Published: September 14, 2026 14:22

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media.