AI churns out scam ads and emails at scale
What happened
On November 5, Hacker News' front page featured "Everything Is an AI Scam Now." The author says scam content in YouTube ads and email is being generated by AI in bulk, and lists examples built on exaggerated promises: a tai chi course that claims to build a superhero physique in 20 days, a USB stick that offers free unlimited internet, and an air conditioner that supposedly cools a whole room in 90 seconds. The post reports the author's observations only, with no data on how widely these scams spread or how many people were actually harmed.
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- Hacker News front pageEverything is an AI scam now
作者观察到 YouTube 广告和邮件中的诈骗内容正被 AI 批量生成，包括承诺 20 天练出超级英雄身材的太极课程、号称免费无限上网的 USB 棒和 90 秒制冷整个房间的空调。
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