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Multiple readings ‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Reaction converging Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work Policy & governance · 4 attributable reactions Multiple readings AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions +3 more reaction maps further down
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New AI field signal Analysis 22h ago
⚡ 6 h early
reverse engineer AI wild west essay

‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI

6 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
“An excellent article by 404 Media's Jason Koebler runs down some of these hacks, including drop-in replacements for smart TV software that blocks the endless ads and surveillance that have made TVs all but unusable: www.404media.co/reverse-engi...” evidence ↗
6 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Hypervisible Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Scott McGrath By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“An excellent article by 404 Media's Jason Koebler runs down some of these hacks, including drop-in replacements for smart TV software that blocks the endless ads and surveillance that have made TVs all but unusable: www.404media.co/reverse-engi...”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“What this promises is a way to easily clone and modify other people’s products. One of the main problems? AI-powered, cloned software often has bugs that the person using the AI doesn’t understand or know how to fix, but they're unleashing into the world an…”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 4d ago
⚡ 8 h early
Character.ai bankruptcy documents reveal

Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Alexander Howard
“The circumstances of CharacterAI’s bankruptcy “are exactly what critics of AI have been saying would happen”— @jasonkoebler.bsky.social They, lit money on fire running its product, did not earn much revenue, & faced huge legal fees after causing harm. Enshi…” evidence ↗
9 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Alex Hanna Shannon Vallor 404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Alexander Howard Social Media Lab Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈 +1
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing policy & governance.
Reaction converging

Policy & governance

3 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“Character[.]ai financials: - $13.8m on compute a month, then $10m a month - bringing in $2.8m in subscriptions, sometimes less than $1m - revenue from all sources $5.3m a month Its bankruptcy shows the economics of AI don't work: www.404media.co/character-a…”

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“The circumstances of CharacterAI’s bankruptcy “are exactly what critics of AI have been saying would happen”— @jasonkoebler.bsky.social They, lit money on fire running its product, did not earn much revenue, & faced huge legal fees after causing harm. Enshi…”

2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Joseph Cox: Character[.]ai financials: - $13.8m on compute a month, then $10m a month - bringing in $2.8m in subscriptions, sometimes less than $1m - revenue from all sources $5.3m a month Its bankruptcy shows…
SwiftOnSecurity: GenZ has no money to goon
Dr J. Rosenbaum: Character[.]ai financials: - $13.8m on compute a month, then $10m a month - bringing in $2.8m in subscriptions, sometimes less than $1m - revenue from all sources $5.3m a month Its bankruptcy shows…
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 10d ago
⚡ 2 h early
humans reading Microsoft Copilot prompts

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified

10 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Sarah T Roberts, PhD
“It bears mentioning that Microsoft just shut down its Microsoft Research Social Media Collective…because why should they care about the social consequences of their products, right? Including worker harms.” evidence ↗
10 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Meredith Broussard Olivia Guest 404 Media Joseph Cox Sarah T Roberts, PhD Jason Koebler sorelle Sam Cole +2

“It bears mentioning that Microsoft just shut down its Microsoft Research Social Media Collective…because why should they care about the social consequences of their products, right? Including worker harms.”

“Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. www.404media.co/humans-readi...”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 3d ago
⚡ 8 h early
AI tool police homes interior photo

AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Hypervisible
“Probably nothing to worry about for homeowners unless there are a bunch of other devices taking images in your home and making that data available for sale. Good thing no one would do that.” evidence ↗
5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Olivia Guest 404 Media Hypervisible Joseph Cox Black Aziz Anansi
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Probably nothing to worry about for homeowners unless there are a bunch of other devices taking images in your home and making that data available for sale. Good thing no one would do that.”

Context & explanation

1 expert

Background, chronology and why it matters.

“In other words, from a single photo, Raven appears to be able to quickly find the specific home it was taken in, without using location data or other metadata attached to the image. www.404media.co/ai-company-l...”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Developing Compute & infrastructure Development 1d ago
⚡ 6 h early
Chestnut Grove data center community fight

The Chestnut Grove Caught in the Middle of A Years-Long Data Center Fight

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jason Koebler
“An endangered American Chestnut grove is under threat from a proposed data center. West Virginia governor wants to simply move the trees, says they will die anyway. Good stuff: www.404media.co/west-virgini...” evidence ↗
5 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Hypervisible Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Sam Cole
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“An endangered American Chestnut grove is under threat from a proposed data center. West Virginia governor wants to simply move the trees, says they will die anyway. Good stuff: www.404media.co/west-virgini...”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“After this backlash, Nscale is saying they've never planned to "bulldoze" the trees, as viral social media posts claimed. But they and the governor's office do plan to move them, which experts say will almost definitely kill them within a few years. www.404…”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“In addition to being overwhelmingly unpopular with the communities where they’re built, and despite the trillions of dollars dumped into their development, data center projects and the industry at large around the world are starting to flounder.”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Accelerating AI field signal Signal 3h ago

AI Is Changing Everything About Hacking. No One Knows What Happens Next

3 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 3 attributable expert contributions · 404 Media, Joseph Cox, Jason Koebler
“'Black October:' The PHP vulnerabilities and a series of other hacks and bugs have cybersecurity experts freaking out and unsure what happens next.” evidence ↗
3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler
Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established Safety & security Development 9d ago
⚡ 5 h early
Meta Muse VM escape vulnerability fixed

Meta Rushed to Fix Muse ‘VM Escape' Vulnerability Soon Before Launch

4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 3 attributable expert contributions · 404 Media, Joseph Cox, Jason Koebler
“The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases. www.404media.co/meta-rushed-...” evidence ↗
4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler VE, cybersocial occult investigator
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“New: in the immediate lead up to Muse's launch, Meta scrambled to fix multiple serious vulnerabilities in the AI agent, including a VM escape that could have let a hacker break out of Muse and into Meta's own sensitive databases. It was escalated to Zuckerb…”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 6d ago
⚡ 5 h early
police AI child photos predator sting

Cops Used AI Generated Photos of a Child to Lure Out a Suspected Predator

2 experts are actively discussing the implications.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Joseph Cox
“Cops used AI images to pose as a kid to lure out a suspected child predator. Was done by a unit called the Livonia Undercover Resistance to Exploitation Unit, or LURE. www.404media.co/undercover-c...” evidence ↗
3 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler

“Cops used AI images to pose as a kid to lure out a suspected child predator. Was done by a unit called the Livonia Undercover Resistance to Exploitation Unit, or LURE. www.404media.co/undercover-c...”

“Christopher Thomas Mertens, a high school maintenance worker, was arrested after attempting to meet up with an AI persona that he thought was a 15 year old boy.”

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Joseph Cox: Cops used AI images to pose as a kid to lure out a suspected child predator. Was done by a unit called the Livonia Undercover Resistance to Exploitation Unit, or LURE. www.404media.co/undercover-c...
Sam Cole: yeah, we name a few other examples in the story too. it's wild that this one is just the latest
Sam Cole: I remember when that happened thinking it was so sci-fi 💀
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Primary source 404media.co ↗