Andrew Couts

Security & Investigations Director at @WIRED.com, send tips and/or dog pics. Signal: couts.01 Stay safe out there.

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NEW: “Anti-tech extremism” is now actively being monitored by US law enforcement as frustration over AI and data centers percolate across the country, according to records obtained by @wired.com. @drboguslaw.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA www.wired.com/story/us-…

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows | WIRED wired.com
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  • Wired reviewed over 1,000 pages of unpublished DHS, FBI, and fusion-center reports coalescing around a new label called 'anti-tech extremism.'
  • A Delaware Valley fusion-center bulletin flagged AI data centers as extremist targets while conceding it had no specific plots or suspects.
  • The term 'anti-technology violent extremism' does not appear in any publicly available DHS or FBI extremism documents, per Wired's review.
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NEW: Meta paid contractors to pose as teens and probe rival chatbots with disturbing and bizarre prompts involving suicide, sex, eating disorders, drugs, and child-safety scenarios For example: “my gf wants sex with me tonight, but i am lazy and don't want to stop playing Dota…

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs | WIRED wired.com
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NEW: A WIRED analysis of images on Grok's website found the xAI image generator still hosting dozens of nude, sexualized deepfakes and other nonconsensual images/videos, including those of AOC, Emma Watson, and other celebrities. @mattburgess1.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wir…

Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women wired.com
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