Nostalgia and AI: Exploring the 80s Resurgence

We start this week with Joseph’s investigation into people selling custom patches for the Flipper Zero, a piece of hacking tech that car thieves can now use to break into a wide range of vehicles. After the break, Jason tells us about the new meta in AI slop: making 80s nostalgia videos. In the subscribers-only section, we all talk about Citizen, and how the app is pushing AI-written crime alerts without human intervention.

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/nV3qShvuoKw

• Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
• 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed
• Citizen Is Using AI to Generate Crime Alerts With No Human Review. It’s Making a Lot of Mistakes
• VICE News Presents: Vigilante, Inc.

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