Physicists theorize that a massive star could collapse into a different type of compact object, dominated by dark energy, which could trigger the birth of a mini-universe inside of it, according to a new study. https://www.404media.co/scientists-propose-black-holes-dont-exist-are-something-much-stranger/

“The issue here is that these capabilities and claims thereof are very strongly tied to marketing—after all, a lot of these models are products."
https://www.404media.co/if-ai-is-sentient-then-so-is-age-of-empires-ii/

“All he has done is try to start a right-wing/conservative pressure group within Wikipedia.”
https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-cofounder-larry-sanger-banned-from-site-for-canvassaing/

Some companies who told their staff to use AI now are asking employees to reduce usage after, for example, Accenture found that non-technical workers were using it to convert PDFs into different file types.
https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/

Snap's AR Specs glasses are indeed very heavy, very dorky.

https://www.404media.co/snaps-ai-ar-specs-lol/

Hackers stole more than 45GB of data from Madison Square Garden, including data related to “talent” and the Knicks. Clues in the data point to how the hackers got in.

https://www.404media.co/how-hackers-broke-into-madison-square-garden/

Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides.

https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/

Joseph speaks to Jake Hanrahan all about Patreon, YouTube, and getting journalism in front of people.

https://www.404media.co/stopping-tech-company-censorship-with-jake-hanrahan/

A tiny snippet of user-generated text as short as 13 words long is often enough to manipulate the AI agents that power tools like ChatGPT and Google’s AI search, new research shows. https://www.404media.co/it-is-trivially-easy-to-use-reddit-to-manipulate-ai-search-research-suggests/

The news marks an unusual data breach, and shows that sometimes surveillance technology can leak data in unexpected ways. 404 Media previously reported that Flock exposed the live feeds of some of its cameras.

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

The file lists Ben Stiller as “Low Risk,” although it's not clear from the file itself what that means. Only one person in the file is listed as “High Risk”: rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie.
https://www.404media.co/hackers-publish-knicks-and-madison-square-garden-data-online/

Strike 3 Holdings showed that Meta’s IP addresses torrented files with similar file names on the same day, ranging from porn to cartoons and sitcoms, suggesting the company was downloading files based on key terms. https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blacked-com-can-sue-meta-for-scraping-its-porn/