Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.

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who@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

I feel this is a stupid abbreviation that needlessly obscures the subject from readers, in favor of corporation-indulgent branding.

404 Media, please do better.

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- Aatube@thriv.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  how does it service the corporation? everyone that knows about the company should know about this abbreviation
  
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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Hacker should make the phones explode or something. Trash startup funded by trash.

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LiveLM@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Fuck A16z.

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