The 404 Media Podcast

Amazon is Destroying Rare Books to Train AI

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We start this week with Emanuel’s big story about Amazon buying, and destroying, masses of books to train AI. After the break we talk about a couple of wild cases where people are using AI. In the subscribers-only section, we talk about Meta’s new smart glasses patent and research into how perverts are using them.

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women

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