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nilsmielke ⁂Jul 29, 2025

@oscherler Thanks for making me aware.
That is just horrible, then.

Neil Craig Apr 30, 2025

Feels like we're now firmly in the "desperation" phase for companies who have sunk a ton of cash into AI which nobody asked for. They're frantically trying to justify that spend in via evidence of "user engagement" in any way they can.

I'm sure we're all seeing increasing pushiness and use of dark patterns to force use of AI e.g. WhatsApp searchbar now being "Ask Meta AI or Search"

#AI #GenAI #AIHorseShit

Neil Craig Apr 11, 2025

Via @riskybiz :
"Security firms, open-source experts, and academics are warning about a new supply chain vector they're calling **slopsquatting**..."
Basically AI assistants are inventing non-existinant package names as dependencies which people are finding and registering then putting malicious code in them.
Yay, more "increased productivity" from AI.
#InfoSec #AIHorseShit
https://risky.biz/risky-bulletin-ai-slopsquatting-its-coming/

Risky Bulletin: AI slopsquatting... it's coming! - Risky Business Media

Security firms, open-source experts, and academics are warning about a new supply chain vector they're calling slopsquatting.The technique [Read More]