Podcast: The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods
We start this week with Joseph’s article about Webloc, a tool ICE bought that can monitor phones in entire neighborhoods. […]
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AI Tools & Reviews
‘Shame Thrives in Seclusion:’ How AI Porn Chatbots Isolate Us All
Noelle Perdue recently joined us on the 404 Media podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about AI porn, censorship, age verification
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Masterful Gambit: Musk Attempts to Monetize Grok’s Wave of Sexual Abuse Imagery
Elon Musk, owner of the former social media network turned deepfake porn site X, is pushing people to pay for
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Grok’s AI Sexual Abuse Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere
The biggest AI story of the first week of 2026 involves Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot turning the social media platform
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
A social media and phone surveillance system ICE bought access to is designed to monitor a city neighborhood or block
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Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again
For the past two months I’ve been following a Telegram community tricking Grok into generating nonconsensual sexual images and videos
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Grok’s AI CSAM Shitshow
Over the last week, users of X realized that they could use Grok to “put a bikini on her,” “take
ChatGPT might get ads (again), and they might sit next to your advice
Just when it seemed like OpenAI had put the idea of ads inside ChatGPT back on the shelf, it turns
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Researchers warn of ‘AI psychosis’ as chatbots become too human
AI chatbots have already mastered small talk, sympathy, and the occasional dad joke, but new research suggests they’re doing something
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OpenAI, Anthropic aim to protect teens from AI chatbots—here’s how
OpenAI and Anthropic announced new efforts to spot underage users, as pressure mounts on AI companies to keep teens safe
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