N-gated Hacker NewsAug 21, 2025
😂 Oh, look! A bank pretending their chatbots are actually productive—spoiler: they're not. 🚫🤖 Surprise, surprise, they had to rehire the humans they ditched. Turns out, lying doesn't pay... unless you're an AI. 🙄
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/bank-forced-to-rehire-workers-after-lying-about-chatbot-productivity-union-says/ #bankingfails #chatbotstruggles #AItruths #humanreliance #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says

Australia’s biggest bank regrets messy rush to replace staff with chatbots.

Ars Technica
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 14, 2025
🚨 Oh no, Wise locked your account and now you're down $60k! 🤑 Did you try turning it off and on again? 🤔 Maybe sending your life savings to a company that "pretends to be a bank" wasn't the best idea. 😂
https://hey.paris/posts/wise/ #WiseAccountLockdown #LosingLifeSavings #BankingFails #FinancialHumor #OnlineBankingRisks #HackerNews #ngated
Don't use Wise

Wise has stolen more than $60,000 AUD from us, and refuses to let us access it. We’ve had a Wise account for around 5 years (since they were called TransferWise). It’s been a really useful way to transact in foreign currencies, and pay for things when we’re travelling for work. In early-April 2025, Wise asked us to provide some additional information on our Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) by uploading a statement of shareholders, and the ID of the owners.

maxmoon 🌱Apr 2, 2025

💳🤖 Datensicherheit vs. Bequemlichkeit? 😡🔥 Meine Bank will mir unbedingt eine Debitkarte von Mastercard/Visa aufdrängen – und ich finde das gar nicht okay! 😤

Warum müssen meine Finanzdaten an ein US-Unternehmen gehen? 🇺🇸💾

Ich habe den Chatbot meiner Bank zur Rede gestellt… und die Diskussion ist eskaliert! 🤯😂

@digitalcourage ist das normal und tue ich überreagieren?

https://youtube.com/shorts/OELJzaAZ1Jc

#Datenschutz #Bankenwahnsinn #Debitkarte #Privatsphäre #Finanzwelt #Mastercard #Visa #Datenkrake #DigitaleFreiheit #Souveränität #BankingFails #Technokratie

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