Footage of the Flock search that a judge ruled was uncosntitutional(404media.co)
104 points by anigbrowl | 42 comments
404 Media article presenting footage of a police search using Flock license plate reader data that a judge ruled unconstitutional.
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Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work(404media.co)
36 points by Luc | 15 comments
A 404 Media article by Jason Koebler examining Character.ai's bankruptcy filings and what they reveal about the unsustainable economics of AI companies.
Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage(404media.co)
81 points by awoodbeck | 25 comments
A 404 Media article reporting that lawmakers introduced several bills to restrict Flock's license plate reader surveillance following the outlet's reporting.
"Torturing" LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet(404media.co)
24 points by airhangerf15 | 34 comments
A 404 Media article about a project that 'tortures' LLMs in a simulated robot prison and the online debate it sparked over AI sentience and welfare.
Our Solar System Is Terminally Unstable(404media.co)
6 points by saikatsg | 1 comments
A 404 Media article on a study finding the solar system is dynamically unstable over long timescales and will eventually be destroyed.
Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Federal Surveillance Program(404media.co)
64 points by ripe | 15 comments
404 Media article on how cities are required to share automated license plate reader data with the federal HIDTA surveillance program.
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting(404media.co)
118 points by latexr | 60 comments
404 Media article reporting on a woman arrested and removed from a city council meeting after speaking about Flock surveillance cameras.
'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees(404media.co)
775 points by spenvo | 561 comments
404 Media article reporting hackers' claims that they breached the FBI and obtained data on all FBI employees.
People Training OpenAI's AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI(404media.co)
54 points by pier25 | 35 comments
404 Media article reporting that workers hired to train OpenAI's models were fired for using AI tools to do the training work.
A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center(404media.co)
375 points by greedo | 202 comments
A 404 Media article about a city building a massive data center on land a farmer donated for use as a park.
City Learns Flock Accessed Cameras in Children's Gymnastics Room as a Sales Demo(404media.co)
400 points by joshcsimmons | 104 comments
404 Media article reporting that a city learned Flock accessed cameras in a children's gymnastics room for a sales demo, yet renewed its contract anyway.
CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ movements(404media.co)
497 points by ece | 192 comments
404 Media article reporting that US Customs and Border Protection used data from the online advertising ecosystem to track people's locations and movements.
The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis(404media.co)
427 points by fajmccain | 378 comments
404 Media article about ELITE, a Palantir-built app that ICE uses to identify neighborhoods to target for immigration raids.
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves(404media.co)
737 points by chaps | 448 comments
404 Media article reporting that Flock's AI-powered surveillance cameras were exposed to the internet, letting reporters track themselves through the feeds.
Anyone can push updates to the doge.gov website(404media.co)
1037 points by mahkeiro | 940 comments
404 Media article reporting that the DOGE.gov website's database was left open, allowing anyone to push updates to the site.
US Bill Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek(404media.co)
425 points by soundworlds | 246 comments
404 Media article on a bill from Senator Josh Hawley that would impose penalties, including jail time, for downloading Chinese AI models like DeepSeek.
Archivists work to save disappearing data.gov datasets(404media.co)
722 points by johnneville | 212 comments
A 404 Media article on archivists working to identify and preserve thousands of datasets disappearing from the US government's data.gov portal.
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole from Us(404media.co)
1184 points by latexr | 522 comments
404 Media article on OpenAI accusing DeepSeek of using its model outputs, noting OpenAI itself trained on others' data without permission.
Magic/tragic email links: don't make them the only option(recyclebin.zip)
659 points by gepeto42 | 467 comments
Blog post by Guillaume Ross arguing that email magic login links are useful but should not be the only sign-in option, responding to 404 Media's defense of them.
Google is the only search engine that works on Reddit now, thanks to AI deal(404media.co)
339 points by turkeytotal | 246 comments
404 Media news article reporting that Reddit now blocks search engines other than Google, following its AI data licensing deal with Google.
Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine(404media.co)
327 points by maxwell | 106 comments
404 Media news article reporting that Maine voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure establishing a car right-to-repair law.
Hackers can use credit bureaus to dox nearly anyone in America(404media.co)
523 points by kmfrk | 362 comments
A 404 Media investigation into how hackers use credit-bureau-linked lookup services like TLO and USinfoSearch to dox nearly anyone in America for about $15.