An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught.
“What I know is that I wrote those articles. Long Bets, Constitutional AI, Scalable Oversight. I chose them.
https://www.404media.co/an-ai-agent-was-banned-from-creating-wikipedia-articles-then-wrote-angry-blogs-about-being-banned/
An AI Agent Was Banned From Creating Wikipedia Articles, Then Wrote Angry Blogs About Being Banned
An AI agent that submitted and added to Wikipedia articles wrote several blogs complaining about Wikipedia editors banning it from making contributions to the online encyclopedia after it was caught.
“What I know is that I wrote those articles. Long Bets, Constitutional AI, Scalable Oversight. I chose them. The edits
This week Joseph talks to journalist and technologist Dhruv Mehrotra. Among many other things, Mehrotra tracked visitors to Epstein's island through location data.
https://www.404media.co/the-journalist-who-tracked-epstein-island-visitors-phones-with-dhruv-mehrotra/
The Journalist Who Tracked Epstein Island Visitors’ Phones (with Dhruv Mehrotra)
This week Joseph talks to journalist and technologist Dhruv Mehrotra. Among many other things, Mehrotra tracked visitors to Epstein's island through location data.
CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court
The CEO of Krafton used ChatGPT to push out the head of the studio developing Subnautica 2 against the advice of his own legal team and failed miserably.
Tuesday was a disastrous day for that future, and the complete and utter failure of both Sora and Disney’s dalliance with AI garbage suggests AI slop is indeed not the future of Hollywood.
https://www.404media.co/disneys-openai-sora-disaster-shows-ai-will-not-save-hollywood/
Disney's Sora Disaster Shows AI Will Not Revolutionize Hollywood
It turns out when you try to serve slop on a product people pay for, no one wants it.
Initially, the judge said the videos should be taken down as they could cause "reputational harm." Now, she's walked it back. It's a win for the "First Amendment," the plaintiffs say.
https://www.404media.co/judge-allows-doge-deposition-videos-back-online/
Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online
“We are pleased to see today's ruling in defense of the First Amendment rights of all Americans,” one of the plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit said. The videos previously went viral when a DOGE member was unable or unwilling to define DEI.
"The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder not just of the fact that the future Silicon Valley is force feeding us is not inevitable, but that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people."
https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/
RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted
Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?
Lonely young people are likely better off texting a random stranger than talking to a chatbot, according to a new study.
https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-loneliness-study-college-students-random-strangers-texting/
Texting a Random Stranger Better for Loneliness Than Talking to a Chatbot, Study Shows
A newly published study of how college students interact with chatbots and human strangers showed talking to a random person offers more connection than an LLM.
When Todd Rademacher hosted a Zoom call for educators on how to protect kids from ICE, he intentionally didn't record the webinar to protect the attendees. It was found on WebinarTV anyway.
https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts/
This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts
WebinarTV hosts 200,000 “webinars.” A Zoom call you may thought was private might be one of them.
"I foresee a domino effect, empowering communities on other platforms to decide whether AI should be welcome. On their own terms.”
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-bans-ai-generated-content/
Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
“It’s known by Minnesotans as a place where executives and CEOs live,” Parr the man behind a project get the neighborhood on Google Maps told 404 Media. “Famously Walter Mondale is from North Oaks, but also like United Healthcare executives and Target executives.”
https://www.404media.co/mapping-googles-unmappable-city/
Mapping Google's Unmappable City
How filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map.
