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immediate first thought is that this is ddos by social engineering (in turn mechanized by system prompt)

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social

In the last few weeks i've been bombarded with emails from people who have minor tech support problems. ChatGPT is telling them to email me, writing their emails, and compiling "evidence packets" after convincing them they have stumbled on a major story: www.404media.co/chatgpt-keep...

404media.coChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support ProblemsBecause big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being inundated with AI-generated emails begging us for help.

26/10/26, 5:18 pm0 reposts14 likes

Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots

@vivtek.com

You know, I've been saying for a while that you don't *know* what's added to the system prompt in a given session after they've done some categorization. If I could write it, they could, too. Gives the notion of "social engineering" a fresh new look.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

(my propensity for conspiracy theories is keyed on how easy they would be to pull off)

ddll.bsky.social

@ddll.bsky.social

And how cheap they are.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

also like severity, this would count as "mischief" and would be hard to prove

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

also also the number of people they need to involve and how long those people have to keep a secret (but i would bucket that under how hard they are to pull off)

Mary Branscombe

@marypcbuk.bsky.social

oh, that's a Tyranny of Efficiency for sure (my term for things that stop being bearing beyond human scale)