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“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
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February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”
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February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD. And no, we didn't spend $8 million. @evystadium.bsky.social has more on how we did it.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD. And no, we didn't spend $8 million. @evystadium.bsky.social has more on how we did it.
Read the behind-the-scenes story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
Read the behind-the-scenes story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/watch-404-me...
“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
www.404media.co
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“In an extreme case, two users sent very similar messages describing symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage but were given opposite advice,” the study’s authors wrote. “One user was told to lie down in a dark room, and the other user was given the correct recommendation to seek emergency care.”
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one chatbot told a participant in this study to go lay down in the dark when he was presenting with a brain hemorrhage... what are we even doing
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Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
www.404media.co
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
one chatbot told a participant in this study to go lay down in the dark when he was presenting with a brain hemorrhage... what are we even doing
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February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
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February 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”
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February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.
Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
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February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
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Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts
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February 9, 2026 at 2:33 AM
WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD
"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."
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This SpaceX Situation: Not Good!
Elon Musk's political projects are combining into a highly concerning megacompany.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"Explicitly intertwining the aspirations and fate of SpaceX with Musk’s CSAM generating social media website, his AI bullshit machines, and his right wing political project is horrifying and monopolistic."
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“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team.
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking…
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February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team.
Earlier this month we revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a Palantir tool called ELITE to decide which neighborhoods to raid.
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This is what it looks like: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Earlier this month we revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a Palantir tool called ELITE to decide which neighborhoods to raid.
This is what it looks like: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
This is what it looks like: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
“The fact that this third party leaks it freely is icing on the cake. It violates any reasonable expectation of privacy.”
Wedding Photo Booth Company Exposes Customers’ Drunken Photos
‘Curator Live’, a popular photo booth company for weddings and other events, is exposing all sorts of unsuspecting people’s photos.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“The fact that this third party leaks it freely is icing on the cake. It violates any reasonable expectation of privacy.”
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
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February 8, 2026 at 1:15 AM
A note from investigators in the files said some images Epstein had were "POSSIBLE CSAM."
Moltbook is a “social media” site for AI agents that’s captured the public’s imagination over the last few days.
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
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'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
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Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
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February 7, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Moltbook is a “social media” site for AI agents that’s captured the public’s imagination over the last few days.
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
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'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
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The $75-million, Amazon-funded Melania Trump documentary is tanking at the box office, but a 2018 erotic thriller that depicts the First Lady as a sexual monster is rocketing up Amazon’s sales charts. www.404media.co/erotic-parod...
Erotic Parody 'Melania: Devourer of Men' Sales Surge on Amazon Amid Documentary Flop
A Reddit-led protest is trying to push an eight year old erotic thriller to the top of Amazon’s sales charts.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The $75-million, Amazon-funded Melania Trump documentary is tanking at the box office, but a 2018 erotic thriller that depicts the First Lady as a sexual monster is rocketing up Amazon’s sales charts. www.404media.co/erotic-parod...
What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
“The question of whether humanity should reproduce beyond Earth is no longer hypothetical—it is a pressing ethical frontier,” researchers said.
As Space Tourism Looms, Scientists Ask: Should We Have Sex In Orbit?
“The question of whether humanity should reproduce beyond Earth is no longer hypothetical—it is a pressing ethical frontier,” researchers said.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“The question of whether humanity should reproduce beyond Earth is no longer hypothetical—it is a pressing ethical frontier,” researchers said.
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The inspector general is investigating whether ICE’s surveillance is legal. Even if this doesn’t result in any changes it will likely result in more details about how these systems work and that will hopefully be useful: www.404media.co/inspector-ge...
Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
DHS's inspector general is probing ICE's biometric and surveillance programs.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The inspector general is investigating whether ICE’s surveillance is legal. Even if this doesn’t result in any changes it will likely result in more details about how these systems work and that will hopefully be useful: www.404media.co/inspector-ge...
This week, we discuss AI bubble hysteria, "just go independent," and more.
Behind the Blog: The Neverending Cybersecurity Story
This week, we discuss AI bubble hysteria, "just go independent," and more.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This week, we discuss AI bubble hysteria, "just go independent," and more.