The 404 Media Podcast

The Humane Ai Pin Is a Disaster


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This is a long one! First Joseph previews his upcoming book, DARK WIRE. Go to the link below and enter "DW20" for 20% off! Also make sure to redeem your preorder behind-the-scenes bonus content. As for this week's stories, we start off with Jason explaining why we can, we must, dunk on the Humane Ai Pin, a piece of hardware that is AI's Juicero moment. After the break, Emanuel shows that Instagram is advertising deepfake nudify apps, the sort that are being abused right now in schools. In the subscribers-only section, we talk a bunch about Reddit, and especially how a tool has been made to sprinkle AI-generated product placements into popular Reddit threads.

  • Preorder DARK WIRE for bonus content and 20% off with code "DW20"
  • We Can, and We Must, Clown on the Humane AI Pin Forever
  • Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps
  • AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'
  • Subscribe at 404media.co for access to bonus content.



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