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404 Media is a journalist-founded independent outlet providing critical tech coverage; useful for tracking AI deployment controversies and societal impact stories, but not a primary AI safety research source.
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404 Media is an independent technology news outlet founded by journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox. It covers topics including AI's societal impacts, surveillance, privacy, and tech industry developments. The site provides critical investigative reporting on how AI and technology affect everyday life and the broader information ecosystem.
Key Points
- •Independent outlet covering AI's real-world societal impacts, including effects on internet content quality and labor markets
- •Reports critically on AI hype vs. reality, including coverage of failed tech ventures like the Metaverse
- •Covers privacy and surveillance issues, such as AI scanning of personal data in consumer apps
- •Founded by experienced tech journalists focused on accountability reporting rather than industry promotion
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[](https://www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/ "AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet")
###### [AI](https://www.404media.co/tag/ai/ "AI")
#### [AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet](https://www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/ "AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet")
Widely cited AI labor research ignores the most important thing AI is doing: Killing the human internet.
[Jason Koebler](https://www.404media.co/author/jason-koebler/ "Jason Koebler")
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Mar 17, 2026
404 Media is an independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.Read more about us [here](https://www.404media.co/about).
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[](https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/ "RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted")
###### [Meta](https://www.404media.co/tag/meta/ "Meta")
#### [RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted](https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/ "RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted")
Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?
[Jason Koebler](https://www.404media.co/author/jason-koebler/ "Jason Koebler")
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Mar 19, 2026
[](https://www.404media.co/tinder-plans-to-let-ai-scan-your-camera-roll/ "Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll")
###### [dating apps](https://www.404media.co/tag/dating-apps-2/ "dating apps")
#### [Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll](https://www.404media.co/tinder-plans-to-let-ai-scan-your-camera-roll/ "Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll")
In a feature the dating app says is set to roll out in the U.S. later this spring, Tinder plans to access users' camera rolls to pick photos and determine what they're into.
[Megan Farokhmanesh](https://www.404media.co/author/meganfarokhmanesh/ "Megan F
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