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The incident is yet another example of volunteer Wikipedia editors fighting to keep the world’s largest repository of human knowledge free of AI-generated slop.
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

The incident is yet another example of volunteer Wikipedia editors fighting to keep the world’s largest repository of human knowledge free of AI-generated slop.

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404 Media 14h ago

MLB's ABS system somehow feels extremely human. It's not human vs robot, it's human vs human as judged by a robot.

https://www.404media.co/you-cant-defeat-the-robots-baseballs-mlb-abs-ai-strike-zone-is-must-watch-television/

'You Can't Defeat the Robots!': Baseball's AI Strike Zone Is Must-Watch Television

MLB's ABS system somehow feels extremely human. It's not human vs robot, it's human vs human as judged by a robot.

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404 Media 17h ago

“Text generated by large language models (LLMs) often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies,” Wikipedia’s new policy states. “For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited."
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.”

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404 Media 19h ago

Native Americans were playing dice and other games of chance many millennia before any known cultures elsewhere.

https://www.404media.co/gambling-is-thousands-of-years-older-than-we-thought-rewriting-human-evolution/

Gambling Is Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought, Rewriting Human Evolution

Native Americans were playing dice and other games of chance many millennia before any known cultures elsewhere.

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404 Media 20h ago

WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit.
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.

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404 Media 1d ago

This week, we discuss crypto, journalists using AI, and a cool photo of Earth.

https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-systems-as-designed/

Behind the Blog: Systems As Designed

This week, we discuss crypto, journalists using AI, and a cool photo of Earth.

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404 Media 2d ago

A Minnesota journalist is challenging a 3,000 foot restriction on flying near DHS assets on First Amendment grounds.

https://www.404media.co/journalist-sues-faa-over-drone-no-fly-zone-designed-to-prevent-filming-ice/

Journalist Sues FAA Over Drone No Fly Zone Designed to Prevent Filming ICE

A Minnesota journalist is challenging a 3,000 foot restriction on flying near DHS assets on First Amendment grounds.

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404 Media 2d ago

In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.

https://www.404media.co/artemis-2-astronauts-microsoft-outlook-livestream/

Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work

In space, no one can hear you scream at Microsoft’s legacy software.

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404 Media 2d ago

TeleGuard is an app downloaded more a million times that markets itself as a secure way to chat. The app uploads users’ private keys to the company’s server, and makes decryption of messages trivial.

https://www.404media.co/a-secure-chat-apps-encryption-is-so-bad-it-is-meaningless/

A Secure Chat App’s Encryption Is So Bad It Is ‘Meaningless’

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404 Media 3d ago

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-create-plant-that-produces-ayahuasca-shrooms-and-toad-psychedelics-all-at-once/

Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

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