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AI ‘Nudify’ Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars

For years, so-called “nudify” apps and websites have mushroomed online, allowing people to create nonconsensual and abusive images of women and girls, including...

Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself

Imagine you meet someone new. Be it on a dating app or social media, you chance across each other online and get to...

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

On June 5, a Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting was asked to approve a $500,000 contract between the county and Massive Blue...

Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages

All of the 400 exposed AI systems found by UpGuard have one thing in common: They use the open source AI framework called...

An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For

As well as CSAM, Fowler says, there were AI-generated pornographic images of adults in the database plus potential “face-swap” images. Among the files,...

‘OpenAI’ Job Scam Targeted International Workers Through Telegram

“Regrettably, I found no available source online to know more about this organization except for those registrations,” wrote the complainant. “They are collecting...

The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians

That fear was evident among some rationalists as news of the violent incidents surrounding LaSota had spread. “I don’t want Ziz to ever...

Microsoft Hosted Explicit Videos of This Startup Founder for Years. Here’s How She Got Them Taken Down

At the start of last August, Point de Contact told WIRED that only two images on four different Microsoft servers remained. “We deeply...

The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2024

For its entire existence as a global medium, the internet's evolution has been caught in a tug of war, pulled by opposing forces:...

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Alex Mashinsky, former CEO of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud, which together carry a maximum sentence...

Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech

As digital scamming explodes in Southeast Asia, including so called “pig butchering” investment scams, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...

License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars

While people place signs in their lawns or bumper stickers on their cars to inform people of their views and potentially to influence...