Comment by gruez

Comment by gruez 16 hours ago

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>https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g38jv8zzwo

>https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/payments-begin-in-95m-...

Both are for voice assistants that inadvertently got activated. Extending it to imply that they're intentionally deceiving their users is a stretch.

>https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-list...

It's a pitch deck. For how skeptical HN is about AI startups or whatever, it seems pretty strange to take this at face value.

esseph 10 hours ago

> Extending it to imply that they're intentionally deceiving their users is a stretch.

If you say so. They directly profited from it.

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  • gruez 9 hours ago

    So? You "directly profit" from picking up a bundle of cash robbers dropped as well doing the actual robbery. That doesn't mean someone who does the former is going to do the latter.

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