How Deepfakes Destroyed a High School
5/27/202651 min
Sponsor: Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code 404MEDIA at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/404media We start this week with Sam’s deeply reported story on how deepfakes rocked a high school, and how those kids were failed at each step. After the break, Joseph tells us about BusPatrol, a company that plans to turn school buses into roaming surveillance vehicles. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains why a councilmember crashed out over Flock. LA Made x 404 Media Presents: How AI is Threatening the Future of Media How Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart ‘BusPatrol’ Put AI Cameras in Tens of Thousands of School Buses. Now They Want to Give Cops Access After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 1· Soundbite0:00
It was so painful to get those emails. Calling the event rumors and speculation when a crime occurred was almost worse than the crime itself.
Joseph Cox· Host0:11
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to the 404 Media Podcast, where we bring you unparalleled access to hidden worlds, both online and IRL. 404 Media is a journalist-founded company and needs your support. To subscribe, go to fourohfourmedia.co. As well as bonus content every single week, subscribers also get access to additional episodes where we respond to their best comments. Gain access to that content at fourohfourmedia.co. I'm your host, Joseph, and with me are the other 404 Media co-founders, the first being Sam Cole.
Sam Cole· Host0:47
Hello.
Joseph Cox· Host0:47
Emmanuel Maiberg.
Jason Kebler· Host0:49
Hello.
Joseph Cox· Host0:49
And Jason Kebler.
Jason Kebler· Host0:51
Hello. Hello.
Joseph Cox· Host0:52
Um, do we have other events to- Let's, uh, let's mention, yeah, if you are in Los Angeles, we are doing a, an event at the LA Public Library, like the central one, uh, on Sunday, May 31st.
Jason Kebler· Host1:07
Uh, I guess the best way to learn about it would be, we'll like include a link in the show notes. Um, but Sam and I, as well as our friends, uh, Dexter Thomas and Gita Jackson, will be talking about AI and AI slop and how it is changing the Internet and all that sort of thing. So it's Sunday afternoon. Uh, c- please come out if you can. Uh, link