Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned ...
This week we start with Jason's story about anyone being able to push updates to DOGE.gov website. Then we talk about other stories with the DEI.gov and Waste.gov sites. After the break, Sam tells us all about some lawyers who get caught using AI in a case. In the subscribers-only section, we chat about a true crime documentary YouTube channel where the murders were all AI-generated.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/wqjeDFk9LMo
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
Researcher Captures Contents of ‘DEI.gov’ Before It Was Hidden Behind a Password
Elon Musk's Waste.gov Is Just a WordPress Theme Placeholder Page
Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Call It a 'Cautionary Tale'
A ‘True Crime’ Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated
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38:58
AI Is Breaking Our Brains
This week we discuss a new Microsoft study that finds using generative AI is "atrophying" people's cognition and critical thinking skills and the right's war on Wikipedia.
Articles discussed:
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Wikipedia Prepares for 'Increase in Threats' to US Editors From Musk and His Allies
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
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50:51
Inside Musk’s Government Takeover
We dedicate the whole free section of this episode to Musk’s takeover of the federal government. We got audio from a meeting in which a Musk ally laid out their plans for AI across the government, and revealed who is now the head of HR for DOGE. In the subscribers only section, we talk about how your public library probably already has a bunch of AI slop.
YouTube version: https://youtu.be/fTgHpq4-psQ
‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government
Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
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49:09
The Truth Behind DeepSeek
We start this week with Emanuel's rundown on the DeepSeek situation, the Chinese-made AI that has rocked stock markets and the wider AI industry. After the break, Sam explains how metadata in U.S. government memos lists Project 2025 members as the memo authors. In the subscribers-only section, Jason and Sam explain how GitHub is showing the U.S. government's purging of information in real time.
YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=351BmM2SaXY
DeepSeek Mania Shakes AI Industry to Its Core
Memos to Federal Employees Were Written By People With Ties to Project 2025, Metadata Shows
Trump’s Administration Is Taking Down Sites About Gender Identity All Over the Internet
GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
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55:45
Pornhub Exec Discusses Pulling Out of the South, Trad Wives, and Feet Pics
On this special guest episode of the 404 Media Podcast, Sam talks to Alexzandra Kekesi, VP of Brand and Community at Pornhub. Kekesi started in her current role in August 2023, after working for Pornhub and its parent company for more than a decade. She joined us from Montreal, where Pornhub is headquartered. They discuss the stigma facing the adult industry, Luigi Mangione porn, the trad wife to feet pics pipeline, and algorithms that shut you down for showing side boob. Kekesi also breaks down Pornhub’s choice to pull out of states in more than a third of the U.S., following regressive age verification laws.
Pornhub Sees Surge of Interest in Tradwife Content, ‘Modesty,’ and Mindfulness
Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South
Age Verification Laws Drag Us Back to the Dark Ages of the Internet
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Welcome to the podcast from 404 Media where Joseph, Sam, Emanuel, and Jason catch you up on the stories we published this week. 404 Media is a journalist-owned digital media company exploring the way technology is shaping–and is shaped by–our world. We bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds both online and IRL through investigative reporting, smart blogging, and breaking news. At 404 Media you’ll read, and hear, stories you can’t find anywhere else written by journalists who are leading experts on their beats. Subscribe to 404 Media at 404media.co to gain access to an ad-free version of this podcast, as well as a bonus podcast episodes. Subscribers are the bedrock of building a sustainable business for our journalism.
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