The 404 Media Podcast

We start this week with Matthew’s experience of what happened when Flock came to his small town. It’s a microcosm of what is happening all across the United States. After the break, Sam tells us about a bunch of no phone Luddite events. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains why anti-Flock influencers making up BS are bad, actually.

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What Happened When Flock Came to My Town

Being a Luddite Is Fun Again

The Rise of Anti-Flock Influencers Who Make Things Up for Clout

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This week Joseph talks to Mike Yeagley. As you’ll hear, he is a very interesting guy. He introduced parts of the government to the whole idea of commercially sourced location data. He spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying the data, and showing what could be done with it. It’s a fascinating conversation.

- How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin

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We start this week with Joseph’s story on how cops are using Flock to track actual people, not just cars, with searches like “male with tattoos.” After the break, Emanuel tells us all about the company that is explicitly selling mountains of books to AI companies and promising to keep the sales a secret. In the subscribers-only section, Jason tells us how he learned about the Suno hack and what it showed us.

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How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

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404 Media teamed up with the Los Angeles Public Library's LA Made to do a live show at the LA Central Library at the end of May. Jason, Sam, and our friends Dexter Thomas and Gita Jackson talked about the ways AI is threatening workers in all industries, changing how we consume the internet, and slopifying Hollywood, video games, social media, and art.

Support Gita's work: www.aftermath.siteSupport Dexter's work: https://www.youtube.com/@dexdigi

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We start this week with Jason’s story about the ChatGPT flyer pandemic. They’re everywhere! Thank you to the readers and listeners who sent in their own examples. After the break, Sam tells us how Waymo snitched on kids and drove them to a group of waiting cops. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains why he bought a $3,000 suit that electrocutes your muscles. Yep.

We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’

Cops Say Waymo Snitched on Teens for Allegedly Drinking and Shooting a Toy Gun

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

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