New, by me: A number of high-profile and/or valuable Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant for the U.S. Space Force, got hacked and defaced with pro-Iran messaging in the past 24h after people figured out that Meta's AI support assistant could be tricked into resetting account passwords.

From the story:

"A video released on Telegram by pro-Iran hackers claimed to document a remarkably simple exploit that appears to have involved using a VPN connection with an IP address that is in or near the target's usual hometown, requesting a password reset for the account, and then choosing to chat with Meta's AI support assistant. From there, the video shows the attacker told the bot to link the account in question to a new email address, after which the bot dutifully sent that address a one-time code that allowed a password reset."

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/hackers-used-metas-ai-support-bot-to-seize-instagram-accounts/

#meta #instagram #hack #ai #security

Someone* gave a nod to go check out SIGBOVIK this year, I'm only four sentences in on one paper and god bless SIGBOVIK, the only venue we need.

Hmu with other favorites, there's no way I'm going to be able to read every one

*in a followers only post so I assume a tag is unwelcome

Oh honey, no one is telling children they're trans. Trust me. Everyone is telling children that they're cis, repeatedly, hard, insistently, like a chorus of total negation. If a kid manages to figure out that they're trans in spite of every fucking thing in the world telling them they aren't trans, it wasn't because someone told them they were trans. The most they likely ever heard, and it's not all that likely, is that it's okay to be trans.

But you know that already. You don't want anyone to stop telling children they're trans, because no one does that. What you want is for it not to be okay to be trans.

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/116665745684315101

"A #browser that browses for you is like paying a #robot to go out for dinner with your friends and give you a summary of the evening when it gets home" is one of the best comparisons of #AI use I've read so far.

To have a moral stance on AI is to be an outcast, and it sucks.

https://musings.martyn.berlin/to-have-a-moral-stance-on-ai-is-to-be-an-outcast-and-it-sucks

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I know the technology, I understand what it's doing and I know the impact, so I am vehemently anti-AI.
»

-- @martyn

« On the acceptance of #GenAI » by @joeposaurus

A short and effective list of everything we accept by using #AIslop 🤓

› https://smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on-the-acceptance-of-genai/

#AI #IA #NoAI #LLM