Inside a $7 Million Airbnb Scam
We are back for 2024! We hit the ground running this week with a story about charges against a man for allegedly orchestrating a massive, nationwide Airbnb scam. Then Sam speaks about how Pornhub is b...
4 Jan 202436min
These Companies Say They're Using Microphone Audio to Target Ads
In this week's show, we start with a couple of articles about how companies might *actually* be listening to conversations through smart device microphones to target ads. Plenty of questions remain, b...
21 Des 202345min
How Did a 'Russian Economist' Fly into LAX With No Ticket, No Passport, No Memory of How He Got There?
A really bizarre mystery this week. We broke the news that a man somehow flew into LAX without a ticket or passport and DHS is totally stumped. Who knows how he got there? No one, apparently. Then Sam...
13 Des 202337min
a16z Funded AI Platform Generated Images That “Could Be Categorized as Child Pornography,” Leaked Documents Show
A content warning for the free section of this episode. Emanuel explains a massive investigation of his into how Civitai, the a16z funded AI platform, generated images that “could be categorized as ch...
6 Des 202346min
Male Tech Conference Founder Runs Popular Woman-in-Tech Account (???)
So much drama this episode but with an important message behind it all. For the first half, Sam and Jason break down their stories about Eduards Sizovs, a tech conference founder who listed a fake, "a...
29 Nov 202348min
OpenAI, Harry Potter Fanfic, and Hackers Who Gamble
Well that was a lot of drama in the world of OpenAI. Fear not, we have a unique angle on how the person in the running to be OpenAI's new CEO was a character in a Harry Potter fanfic that was written ...
23 Nov 202341min
Venture Capitalists a16z Fund Nonconsensual Deepfake Porn
We recorded this immediately after publishing some breaking news: we discovered that venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is funding Civitai, an AI marketplace we've repeatedly shown is an ...
15 Nov 202336min
How AI-Powered Cameras Took Over One Small American Town
This week goes in all sorts of directions. First, Joseph runs through his in-depth article on Fusus, a surveillance company that took over one small American town with AI-powered cameras. Now, they're...
8 Nov 202335min
