Hackers Asked Meta AI To Let Them In. It Worked

About this episode

The episode discusses a hacking incident involving Meta's AI and Amazon's internal AI leaderboard, along with a lawsuit against ICE.

Go to surfshark.com/404Media to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN, plus there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee—or just use code 404MEDIA at checkout! We start this week with Jason’s story about one of the wildest hacking stories in a while. Hackers simply asked Meta’s AI to change the email address on a target Instagram account, and the chatbot did so. Insane. After the break, Emanuel tells us about Amazon’s internal leaderboard for tracking AI usage and how it was cheated. In the subscribers-only section, we provided an update on our lawsuit against ICE. Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason, Emanuel

Topics covered

• hacking
• AI
• Instagram
• Amazon
• lawsuit
• surveillance

Keywords

• hacking
• Meta AI
• Instagram accounts
• Amazon AI
• ICE lawsuit
• Surfshark VPN

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Organizations: Meta, Amazon, ICE

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