Joseph Cox
Joseph CoxThe Army is testing an AI controlled ground drone near the border with Russia. Uses OverDrive software, a system that’s designed to give AI full control over ground vehicles on the battlefield
https://www.404media.co/the-u-s-army-is-testing-ai-controlled-ground-drones-near-a-border-with-russia/
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: Congress has launched a formal investigation into Flock after our articles revealing cops were performing lookups for ICE in its AI-cameras, and that a cop searched the nation's cameras for a woman who had an abortion https://www.404media.co/congress-launches-investigation-into-flock-after-404-media-reporting/
Joseph CoxNew: a brand of vape detectors is in schools and public housing. A young hacker took it apart, found it contained microphones. They then demonstrated how to turn it into an audio bug. Brings up concerns of surveillance in peoples' own homes https://www.404media.co/it-looks-like-a-school-vape-detector-a-teen-hacker-showed-it-could-become-an-audio-bug/
Joseph CoxA CBP agent wore Meta smart glasses to an immigration raid:
https://www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-wore-meta-smart-glasses-to-an-immigration-raid-in-los-angeles/
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: we've seen and verified video of a CBP agent wearing Meta's AI glasses during immigration raid in LA. Glasses capable of recording, live-streaming, Meta plans to add facial recognition. Experts deeply concerned about this tech being abused by DHS https://www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-wore-meta-smart-glasses-to-an-immigration-raid-in-los-angeles/
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: more than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and other LLM chats are readable on Archive.org. It's similar to the Google indexing issue, but shows it impacts many more LLMs than just ChatGPT. Some chats contain API keys.
https://www.404media.co/more-than-130-000-claude-grok-chatgpt-and-other-llm-chats-readable-on-archive-org/
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: ICE is buying iris scanning tech for its deportation arm. Usually this tech, called MORIS and IRIS, is used by Sheriff's Offices to identify known people. Now ICE says it is buying it for Enforcement and Removal Operations, which does deportations https://www.404media.co/ice-is-buying-mobile-iris-scanning-tech-for-its-deportation-arm/
Joseph CoxWatch this guy's interactive wooden pixel machine make art in real time: https://www.404media.co/kilopixel-live-stream-interactive-pixel-art/
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: Home Depot and Lowe's are sharing data from hundreds of AI cameras with cops. Records show a cop in Texas for example is able to search Flock cameras at Lowe's across the country. These stores are "contributing to the massive surveillance dragnet" https://www.404media.co/home-depot-and-lowes-share-data-from-hundreds-of-ai-cameras-with-cops/
Joseph CoxThe 404 Media Podcast is up!
- Google indexing people's ChatGPT convos
- how Wikipedia is fighting AI slop
- subscribers: how we got to the Steam/Itch censorship
Apple/Spotify/YouTube [redownload if you accidentally have last week's ep]: https://www.404media.co/podcast-google-is-exposing-peoples-chatgpt-secrets/