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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/69831108

Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar's mic if the TV doesn't have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.

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[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 week ago

Why wouldn't they?

They're in control, they have no business letting the little guy feel like they have anything to say when a corpo is fucking them.

Even if you're pro AI it should be pretty obvious that letting a corp control your usage of it is a bad idea.