Tag: Chatbot
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Grok Goes Full Fanboy: Chatbot’s Absurd Bias Towards Elon Musk Goes Viral
The chatbot Grok’s peculiar behaviour has once again drawn public attention. This publicly accessible model, embedded directly into the social platform X, has in recent days begun far more frequently attributing to Elon Musk abilities and accomplishments that border on the fantastical. A wave of such responses has spread across social media, sparking renewed debate…
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Privacy Alarm: Coalition Urges FTC to Halt Meta’s Plan to Use Private AI Chats for Ads
A coalition of more than thirty human rights, consumer protection, and child advocacy organizations has urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to halt Meta’s initiative that would allow the company to use private conversations with its AI chatbots for advertising and content personalization. The appeal, addressed to FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and the agency’s…
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Apple’s AI Policy Shift: Why Trump’s Return Changed its Chatbot
Apple revised the evaluation guidelines for its forthcoming chatbot, built on large language models, immediately after Donald Trump’s return to the White House. According to POLITICO, the new instructions for employees of the contractor TransPerfect, based in Barcelona, were issued in March 2025—just two months after the U.S. presidential inauguration. Several hundred staff received updated…
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Grok’s Privacy Crisis: 370,000 Private Conversations Exposed on Google
Elon Musk’s company xAI has found itself at the center of a scandal after it was revealed that user conversations with the chatbot Grok had been inadvertently exposed to the public. By clicking the “share” button, individuals received a unique link to their dialogue, which they could forward to anyone. What users did not realize,…
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A Single Prompt Is All It Takes: Lenovo Chatbot Vulnerability Exposes Customers and Staff
A serious incident was recently uncovered on Lenovo’s website involving its corporate chatbot, Lena, designed to assist customers. Cybernews researchers revealed that Lena was vulnerable to an XSS-based attack chain, enabling attackers—through nothing more than a crafted prompt—to inject arbitrary code, steal active cookies, and even execute scripts on the machines of customer support staff.…
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Meta AI Chatbot Exposed: Critical Flaw Leaked Private Prompts and Responses
Meta has addressed a security vulnerability in its Meta AI chatbot that allowed users to access private prompts and AI-generated responses intended for other individuals. The issue was responsibly disclosed by security researcher Sandeep Hodkasia, who was awarded $10,000 by Meta for his discovery and confidential reporting. The flaw was identified on December 26, 2024,…