Emanuel Maiberg
@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social
Co-founder and journalist at 404media.co
I read every email
I read every email
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as part of the @datarescueproject.org & @SafeguardingResearch, the project has collected more than 10k signs and counting
"The administration was asking for the public to weigh in. Okay then... We the people of America are going to say we think this is important."
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"The administration was asking for the public to weigh in. Okay then... We the people of America are going to say we think this is important."
www.404media.co/podcast-a-ma...
Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)
This week we have a conversation between Sam and two of the leaders of the independent volunteer archiving project Save Our Signs, an effort to archive national park signs and monument placards.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
as part of the @datarescueproject.org & @SafeguardingResearch, the project has collected more than 10k signs and counting
"The administration was asking for the public to weigh in. Okay then... We the people of America are going to say we think this is important."
www.404media.co/podcast-a-ma...
"The administration was asking for the public to weigh in. Okay then... We the people of America are going to say we think this is important."
www.404media.co/podcast-a-ma...
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New from 404 Media: a small town is fighting a $1.2 billion AI datacenter for America's nuclear weapon scientists. It is fighting the construction of a "high-performance computing facility" that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
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A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New from 404 Media: a small town is fighting a $1.2 billion AI datacenter for America's nuclear weapon scientists. It is fighting the construction of a "high-performance computing facility" that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
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today in yikes www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled
X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
today in yikes www.404media.co/openais-sora...
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is a hot dog a sandwich? is cereal soup? is ravioli, dumplings? are glasses iphones????
Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
is a hot dog a sandwich? is cereal soup? is ravioli, dumplings? are glasses iphones????
Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
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PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
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How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out o...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
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Meta's AI plan is to automatically create personalized advertisements for companies that are different for different users, further siloing people
Zuckerberg says advertisers will "be able to give us a business objective and a credit card" and AI will do the rest
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Zuckerberg says advertisers will "be able to give us a business objective and a credit card" and AI will do the rest
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The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
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November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Meta's AI plan is to automatically create personalized advertisements for companies that are different for different users, further siloing people
Zuckerberg says advertisers will "be able to give us a business objective and a credit card" and AI will do the rest
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
Zuckerberg says advertisers will "be able to give us a business objective and a credit card" and AI will do the rest
www.404media.co/the-future-o...
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Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
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arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s academic paper repository will no longer accept Computer Science papers still under review.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
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imagine being in charge of the deadliest weapons ever know to the world, not getting paid, and finding out from social media that you're gonna have to resume testing said weapons
October 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
imagine being in charge of the deadliest weapons ever know to the world, not getting paid, and finding out from social media that you're gonna have to resume testing said weapons
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despite the shutdown, the Secretary of Energy said he was able to find SOMETHING to pay contractors .... just not federal employees.
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
despite the shutdown, the Secretary of Energy said he was able to find SOMETHING to pay contractors .... just not federal employees.
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"There is no upside" - @mattkorda.bsky.social
Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid
Everyone loses and nobody wins if America decides to resume nuclear testing after a 30 year moratorium.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"There is no upside" - @mattkorda.bsky.social
several people have emailed us to say that the sudden shut down of a giant book distributor is making public libraries scramble for books www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
several people have emailed us to say that the sudden shut down of a giant book distributor is making public libraries scramble for books www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
could not agree more
Remap’s HOA podcast and @robzacny.bsky.social’s homebuying saga is the most riveting piece of media going right now. Better than any Netflix show any book any movie any painting. Better than the World Series
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
could not agree more
“pure dystopian creep.” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
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October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“pure dystopian creep.” www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
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“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
People are using Meta's Ray-Ban glasses to secretly film themselves asking massage parlor workers for sex work. This is incredibly dangerous and sadly a trend across social media www.404media.co/metas-ray-ba...
Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses Users Film and Harass Massage Parlor Workers
“The shameless use of covert recording technology at massage parlours to gain likes, attention, and online notoriety is both disgusting and dangerous.”
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October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
People are using Meta's Ray-Ban glasses to secretly film themselves asking massage parlor workers for sex work. This is incredibly dangerous and sadly a trend across social media www.404media.co/metas-ray-ba...
the 2025 cohort of a16z-backed AI startups is a forecast for all the ways AI is going to ruin your life in the near future www.404media.co/a16z-is-fund...
a16z Is Funding a 'Speedrun' to AI-Generated Hell on Earth
Do you want ‘AI-powered social orbits,’ ‘autonomous recruiting firms,’ and an ‘AI-powered credit card?’ Too bad, you’re getting them anyway.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
the 2025 cohort of a16z-backed AI startups is a forecast for all the ways AI is going to ruin your life in the near future www.404media.co/a16z-is-fund...
grokipedia is not going to make it because it lacks everything that made wikipedia useful and popular www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
grokipedia is not going to make it because it lacks everything that made wikipedia useful and popular www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
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On Friday a Goodreads mod went rogue and called the site out for censoring reviews of Eric Trump's new book
Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’
“When we let powerful people’s books be protected from criticism, we give up the right to hold power accountable.”
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October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
On Friday a Goodreads mod went rogue and called the site out for censoring reviews of Eric Trump's new book
this convinced me to watch it www.404media.co/house-of-dyn...
'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World
The general who advised Netflix’s nuclear Armageddon movie doesn’t believe in abolishing nuclear weapons.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this convinced me to watch it www.404media.co/house-of-dyn...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
thank you @mjgault.bsky.social for doing some fashion blogging for us www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age
These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
thank you @mjgault.bsky.social for doing some fashion blogging for us www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
Another case of a widely used dataset for AI training containing child sexual abuse material www.404media.co/ai-dataset-f...
AI Dataset for Detecting Nudity Contained Child Sexual Abuse Images
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection found more than 120 images of identified or known victims of CSAM in the dataset.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Another case of a widely used dataset for AI training containing child sexual abuse material www.404media.co/ai-dataset-f...
Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...