Graham Cluleygcluley@mastodon.green
Oct 14, 2026, 6:11 AMThe AI industry has spent years scraping everything we've ever written, said, or posted without asking. A TV in OpenAI's office gets bugged, and suddenly privacy matters.
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- Graham Cluleygcluley@mastodon.greenOct 14, 2026, 6:13 AM
Here's the story from BBC News if you want to read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwg5jq4vlddzo
Oct 14, 2026, 6:30 AM@gcluley The way the make it sound sophisticated and AI saved the day ... Probably old fashion who done it, like when the camera caught him checking back in on it. Sounds to me chat ai is actually a co-conspirator.
eestileib (she/hers)eestileib@tech.lgbtOct 14, 2026, 8:11 AM
Oct 14, 2026, 9:22 AM@eestileib @paul @gcluley Rookie behaviour. A proper sophisticated attack would just use the recordings the TV already makes for advertising
Jasper Vathorstjrsikken@techhub.socialOct 14, 2026, 6:48 AM@gcluley I hate it when people are characterised by their origin. It feeds racism. They should be characterised by their behavior.
Zebzeb@defcon.socialOct 14, 2026, 10:00 AM@jrsikken @gcluley
I get what you're saying but our nationality is statistically relevant to understanding the world and the actions of people. (Not to mention jurisdiction and sometimes motivations.) If one looks at everyone's actions, there are clear patterns linked to where we are from.That said, it can get a bit racist / political sometimes, in which cases I 100% agree with your point. Journalism is an endangered species.
Kees de Kooter 🍉 🇺🇦kdekooter@mastodon.socialOct 14, 2026, 7:10 AM@gcluley in a desperate attempt to keep dominating the news cycle they are now throwing their own employees under the bus
Oct 14, 2026, 8:35 AM@gcluley
Surprised they didn't say it was a rogue ai.
Skjeggtrollskjeggtroll@mastodon.onlineOct 14, 2026, 8:49 AM
Benedikt Wibenedikt@ruhr.socialOct 14, 2026, 9:06 AM
NetzblockiererNetzblockierer@tech.lgbtOct 14, 2026, 9:18 AM
ManuelManuelVLRD@mastodon.socialOct 14, 2026, 9:46 AM@gcluley It speaks volumes that the spies think the only thing worth stealing from OpenAI are transcripts of their meetings, and not the LLM weights...
BrokarBrokar@mastodon.socialOct 14, 2026, 11:44 AM@gcluley When the hack would have been made by an AI, everybody would just shrug their shoulders, like in the HuggingFace case. But he's a person who did it and he can be sued and thrown into jail. Altman is still roaming free and it was his tool which broke in at HuggingFace.
Oct 14, 2026, 4:47 PM@gcluley their investors wanted to check on them?
Lou.gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.placeOct 14, 2026, 9:12 PM@gcluley right-wing ideogy is all about having law that protect them while binding other
John-Mark Gurneyencthenet@flyovercountry.socialOct 14, 2026, 9:36 PM@gcluley
I'm more wondering why they didn't just hack the tv and turn the TV into the listening device, ala LG TVs. Much harder to discover.