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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE. Co-founder of @404mediaco. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co

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How Private Contractors Are Profiting from Government Surveillance

How Private Contractors Are Profiting from Government Surveillance

Authorities can't do all that snooping by themselves.

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Behind the Blog: Endless Scam Parade

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By Jason Koebler Verified, Joseph Cox Verified, Emanuel Maiberg Verified
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This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the mainstreaming of Flock, media appearances, and Spotify's AI move. EMANUEL: The news that Spotify will start tagging artists on its platform as being AI generated, and that it will not promote them, might be a sign that we’re approaching peak AI slop.
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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

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By Joseph Cox Verified
| 404 Media Verified
Meta has filed a patent for its AI smartglasses that uses facial recognition to automatically detect who is in the frame, creates a video clip whenever one of those people does something — like picking an item up or walking around — and then generates a highlight reel of what just happened, according to a copy of the patent published Thursday. One example given is the system capturing highlights from a dinner party and then serving those up to the user.
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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

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By Joseph Cox Verified
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Culture 4 hours ago 9 Archaeological Finds That Appeared in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time Discover Wild Science - Sameen David • 4h You probably grew up thinking history moves in a straight, sensible line: stone tools, bronze weapons, iron, printing presses, smartphones.
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