We start this week's episode with a mystery: where did a 17-second music snippet that has puzzled online sleuths for years really come from? Sam breaks it down. After the break, Joseph explains how an online service was scraping and selling Discord server messages for as little as $5. Then in the subscribers-only section, Jason takes us into the world of influencers who are using AI livestream apps, complete with fake audiences, and how they're being used to target women.
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The Xz Backdoor and the AI Peer-Review Crisis
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A Deepfake Nightmare + Vibrator Malware
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Why Google Is Shit Now
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