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This New Mexico lawyer is representing a man who was found guilty of killing his wife earlier this year. Here he is being ripped apart by judges who found that he used ChatGPT to make up nonexistent witnesses and testimony. Read more: www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...

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The Trump administration is using a program from the 1980s to force cities around the country to funnel their ongoing Flock, Axon and other ALPR data into federal surveillance centers that fall under the White House’s jurisdiction. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...

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So ShinyHunters, the group behind the FBI hack, told us Monday they would not publish the data of thousands of FBI employees publicly. @josephcox.bsky.social explains why this breach is still a major counterintelligence and national security issue. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...

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A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social breaks it down. Watch the full episode now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...

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404 Media @404media.co · 29/09/2026

So Trump's new AI chatbot? Creepy. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social saw this on Bluesky and gave the prompt "play minecraft" a test. This is what happened:

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Some tech workers in San Francisco hooked up ChatGPT to a Toyota Corolla and got it to drive around a parking lot. Here's what happened: Read about the experiment here: www.404media.co/these-tech-w...

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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026

Facial recognition is everywhere. It’s in surveillance cameras; it’s soon going to be in Meta’s RayBan pervert glasses, and some students modded did that. @josephcox.bsky.social spoke to NYT journalist and author @kashhill.bsky.social about what that means for us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUFn...

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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, 404 Media has learned. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Sccop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/humans-readi...

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404 Media @404media.co · 25/09/2026

Meta announced that its new AI agent, Muse could call businesses for you to do things like make reservations. But in reality, Meta is testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers, 404 Media @jasonkoebler.bsky.social learned. www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...

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404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026

So Josh Hawley, noted election denier, referenced 404 Media's work throughout the Flock Senate Hearing yesterday. We are a journalist-founded and owned media publication. Hey Josh, if you're going to use our work, subscribe bro: @jasonkoebler.bsky.social www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...

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404 Media @404media.co · 24/09/2026

Cops followed EJ Carrion home and arrested him in his drive way one week after he said 'bullshit' at a county meeting in Texas. Here is that body cam footage. @mjgault.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/watch-body-c...

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404 Media searched one of the ROU official’s phone numbers in Darkside, and found previously breached data indicating they used to work for the Secret Service. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/fbi-hack-exp...

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Citizens showed up to the city council meeting with plans to let city leaders know how they felt about the city’s use of Flock. But Springfield mayor Jeff Schrag moved to prevent public comment on Flock. Then, arrests happened, @mjgault.bsky.social reports. Story: www.404media.co/woman-arrest...

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The statements, taken together, are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they worked, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI3...

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404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026

404 Media's @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social wanted to know why Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music pages of dead musicians and indie artists were publishing AI slop music. So, he tried it out himself on a band's official page. It was horrifyingly easy. Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KI3...

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404 Media has found multiple contractors hired to improve OpenAI’s models have been fired for using AI to train the AI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read the story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/people-train...

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404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026

With the backlash to Flock, cities are moving to Axon cameras. But what exactly are they doing with them? 404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs, @josephcox.bsky.social explains. You can too: www.404media.co/is-your-city...

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404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026

When chatbots become our closest “friends,” what happens to our capacity to care? @samleecole.bsky.social speaks to Professor Sherry Turkle, a licensed clinical psychologist and the founding director of MIT's Initiative on Technology and Self. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=whqD...

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404 Media @404media.co · 18/09/2026

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/09/2026

"I am here to tell you that recent advances in artificial intelligence and the ability for AI to act on the internet has a 100% chance of being annoying as hell, and is already ruining the internet," @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/theres-a-100...

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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. @josephcox.bsky.social reports. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyPu...

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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. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full investigation by @josephcox.bsky.social and @wired.com’s @dmehro.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/hackers-stol...

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Our tests also showed how broadly the camera’s plate detector could interpret what it saw. In some cases, it mistook bumper stickers, and other graphics for license plates. In one video of a passing motorcycle, the detector cropped an American flag. www.404media.co/hackers-stol...

A screenshot from the analysis of the Flock camera. License plate redaction by 404 Media.

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404 Media @404media.co · 15/09/2026

In our tests, we found the software running on the camera explicitly detects people, something typically overlooked in discussions around Flock cameras. When it spots a person, it records where they appear in the image and how confident it is in the detection. www.404media.co/hackers-stol...

This is WIRED's @dmehro.bsky.social running a test with Flock's hacked software on himself.

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Cops are putting gibberish, jokes, or other nonsense into Flock’s “reason” box, highlighting the casualness and lack of care some cops have when searching an incredibly powerful surveillance system. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/cops-search-...

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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: 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. @josephcox.bsky.social reports. Scoop here: www.404media.co/inside-proje...

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@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social sat down with Jennie Rose Halperin to talk about how generative AI is destroying library collections, and how digital marketplaces like Amazon are being inundated with AI slop which makes it harder for independent publishers. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS0x...

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WARNING: Self harm/suicide After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened. @samleecole.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/austin-gordo...

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