Vue lecture
Quand l’IA choisit de mentir : les révélations troublantes d’OpenAI
Mon Carnet du 19 sept 2025
L’audience des balados au Canada atteint un nouveau sommet
Podcast: The (Hacked) Spy In Your Car

We start this week with Joseph’s investigation into Nexar, a popular dashcam company that was catastrophically hacked. Nexar is also uploading user footage to a publicly available map without some drivers’ knowledge. After the break, Sam tells us about her trip to San Diego to cover the sentencing of someone she has covered for years. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about the Charlie Kirk assassination and our reporting around that.
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Podcast: AI Slop Is Drowning Out Human YouTubers

This week, we talk about how 'Boring History' AI slop is taking over YouTube and making it harder to discover content that humans spend months researching, filming, and editing. Then we talk about how Meta has totally given up on content moderation. In the bonus segment, we discuss the 'AI Darwin Awards,' which is, uhh, celebrating the dumbest uses of AI.
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Yoshua Bengio rencontre le pape à Rome : l’intelligence artificielle entre espoir et menace
Mon Carnet du 12 sept 2025
Stratégie pour la créativité numérique en culture
Apple dévoile les AirPods Pro 3 : réduction de bruit inégalée et suivi cardiaque intégré
Anthropic conclut un règlement historique de 1,5 milliard $ avec des auteurs
Mon Carnet du 5 sept 2025
Des pirates menacent d’entraîner des IA à partir d’œuvres d’artistes
Podcast: Trump Take LEGO

We start this week with our articles about Trump’s tariffs, and how they’re impacting everything from LEGO to cameras to sex toys. After the break, Emanuel explains how misfired DMCA complaints designed to help adult creators are targeting other sites, including ours. In the subscribers-only section, we do a wrap-up of a bunch of recent ChatGPT stories about suicide and murder. A content warning for suicide and self-harm for that section.
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L’IA face à la manipulation et la désinformation
Intelligence artificielle et éducation : promesses, défis et réalités
Burning Man : un homicide et une naissance inattendue bouleversent le festival
Pourquoi je laisse tomber mon iPhone pour un Pixel 10 Pro
Mon Carnet du 29 août 2025
Podcast: 404 Media Live—NYC!
Here's the podcast recorded at our recent second anniversary party in New York! We answered a bunch of reader and listener questions. Thank you to everyone that came and thank you for listening to this podcast too!
Thanks again to DeleteMe, use code 404media for 20% off.
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Pixel 10 Pro : Google mise sur l’IA et confirme sa maîtrise en photo
Claude arrive dans Chrome : Anthropic teste un assistant qui navigue pour vous
Podcast: The Underground Trade of Car Hacking Tech

We start this week with Joseph’s investigation into people selling custom patches for the Flipper Zero, a piece of hacking tech that car thieves can now use to break into a wide range of vehicles. After the break, Jason tells us about the new meta in AI slop: making 80s nostalgia videos. In the subscribers-only section, we all talk about Citizen, and how the app is pushing AI-written crime alerts without human intervention.
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Les médias explorent des solutions pour réduire leur dépendance aux plateformes
Grandes tendances du podcast
L’IA ne signerait pas la mort de l’auteur
DHL et l’intelligence artificielle : entre crainte et nécessité
Threads : 400 millions d’usagers et toujours en quête d’identité
Modération en ligne : l’IA prend le pouvoir, mais échoue à protéger les usagers
La Russie impose l’application de messagerie MAX sur tous les appareils mobiles
Musk mise sur les compagnies du Golfe pour imposer Starlink dans l’aviation
Mon Carnet du 22 août 2025
Podcast: The Inside Story of Tea

We start this week with Emanuel’s big investigation into the Tea app, and especially how it aggressively grew by raiding women safety groups. After the break, we talk about TikTok Shop selling GPS trackers. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains how Grok was exposing some of its AI persona prompts, and the sometimes NSFW nature of them.
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- You're Invited: 404 Media's Second Anniversary Party and LIVE PODCAST!
- How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World
- TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers
- Grok Exposes Underlying Prompts for Its AI Personas: ‘EVEN PUTTING THINGS IN YOUR ASS’
Podcast: Why Are DHS Agents Wearing Meta Ray-Bans?

We start this week with Jason’s article about a CBP official wearing Meta Ray-Bans smart glasses to an immigration raid. A lot of stuff happened after we published that article too. After the break, Sam tells us about the bargain that voice actors are making with AI. In the subscribers-only section, Jason tells us how a DEA official used a cop’s password to AI cameras to then do immigration surveillance.
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- A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
- Voiceover Artists Weigh the 'Faustian Bargain' of Lending Their Talents to AI
- Feds Used Local Cop's Password to Do Immigration Surveillance With Flock Cameras
- Congress Launches Investigation into Flock After 404 Media Reporting
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