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Multiple readings We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility Building & implementation · 3 attributable reactions Reaction converging ‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit Policy & governance · 3 attributable reactions Multiple readings Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions +2 more reaction maps further down
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New AI field signal Development 1h ago
⚡ 2 h early
Amazon acquires rare books AI training

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

13 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

13 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Luke Stark Jason Koebler Andrew Selbst James Grimmelmann Emanuel Maiberg Damon Beres +5
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Building & implementation

2 experts

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“"We’re not revealing the titles of the books included in the shipment we tracked, but they are rare, meaning there are not many copies of them in circulation." I'm highly curious what the books are. I think it matters a lot, both legally and morally. www.40…”

4 experts discussed this · 10 posts
Emanuel Maiberg: We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the proce…
Luke Stark: We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the proce…
Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦: Yeah, the industry itself destroys *immense* volumes of books that don't sell.
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established Policy & governance Development 9d ago
⚡ 7 h early
expert witness ChatGPT legal report 3M

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

9 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

9 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Kashmir Hill Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Lilian Edwards evacide Eileen Clancy 🧿 Eileen Guo +1
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing policy & governance.
Reaction converging

Policy & governance

3 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people. www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...”

3 experts discussed this · 7 posts
Jason Koebler: New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT t…
Michael Zimmer: New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT t…
Jason Koebler: this story is batshit Here is the full article, which includes all prompts, trial transcripts, the report itself. The firm hired charged more than $80,000 for the report. Also shows that AI transcr…
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Development 1d ago
⚡ 4 h early
Cocomelon studio mandates AI experimentation

Cocomelon's Studio Tells Its Artists to Start Experimenting With AI

6 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

6 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler James Grimmelmann Woodrow Hartzog Charles Logan

“Moonbug Entertainment, which makes Cocomelon, Blippi, and other popular content for children, says it will begin using AI but will always have a 'human in the loop.' www.404media.co/cocomelons-s...”

“New: the studio behind Cocomelon is telling its artists to start using AI, according to documents seen by 404 Media. Moonbug, the studio that makes Cocomelon, one of the most important children's entertainment studios on the planet www.404media.co/cocomelon…”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 4d ago
⚡ 3 h early
Texas police AI-written abortion report

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Sarah T Roberts, PhD Jason Koebler Amanda Tepski
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“The incident shows how quickly police departments have come to use AI surveillance tools even in critically sensitive cases”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“New from 404 Media: the Texas police who used Flock to track a woman who self-administered abortion also used AI to write their report about the whole situation. They used AI to summarize a discussion of “the legal implications of the situation.” www.404med…”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Developing AI field signal Development 1d ago
⚡ 6 h early
digital camouflage shirt defeats AI surveillance

This 'Digital Camouflage' Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras

4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Marielza
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing concern & critique.
Shared emphasis

Concern & critique

2 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Simon Weckert designed digital camouflage as a response to the proliferation of AI-powered surveillance cameras that detect people, vehicles, animals, bicycles, and other objects in their field of view. www.404media.co/this-digital...”

3 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Joseph Cox: We got a live demo of the shirt that is designed to fool certain people detection systems. Read more here: www.404media.co/this-digital...
Meredith Whittaker: were that it weren't fugly
404 Media: We got a live demo of the shirt that is designed to fool certain people detection systems. Read more here: www.404media.co/this-digital...
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 10d ago
⚡ 2 h early

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

5 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Sam Cole Emanuel Maiberg Jeff Sharlet
Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI business Signal 10d ago
⚡ 5 h early

Businesses Go Viral for Making Signs Without AI

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox Marielza

“In the wake of the ChatGPT flyer pandemic, some businesses are differentiating themselves by making signs the old school way.”

“Businesses are going viral for pushing back against the wave of ChatGPT-generated flyers, and instead making posters with pen and paper www.404media.co/businesses-g...”

Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established Culture, work & education Development 15d ago
⚡ 5 h early
Meta patents AI facial recognition glasses

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
404 Media Hypervisible Joseph Cox

“A new Meta patent published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, create a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your night. www.404media.co/meta-patents...”

“Here are more screenshots from the patent showing Meta's AI smart glasses use facial recognition on a bunch of people, identify them, create videos, then make a highlight reel of the night www.404media.co/meta-patents...”

2 experts discussed this · 3 posts
Joseph Cox: New from 404 Media: Meta just published a patent showing what it might use for its AI smart glasses. Patent is to use facial recognition to identify specific people, record them, make a highlight r…
404 Media: New from 404 Media: Meta just published a patent showing what it might use for its AI smart glasses. Patent is to use facial recognition to identify specific people, record them, make a highlight r…
Joseph Cox: Here are more screenshots from the patent showing Meta's AI smart glasses use facial recognition on a bunch of people, identify them, create videos, then make a highlight reel of the night www.404m…
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 10d ago
⚡ 4 h early

ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
404 Media Joseph Cox

“Since then we have published journalism essentially every single day. We often break news or get onto broader stories months before newsrooms with hundreds of staff. Think ICE facial recognition tech, Flock, etc: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...”

Primary source 404media.co ↗