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795 points davidbarker | 7 comments | 26 Aug 25 19:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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rustc ◴[26 Aug 25 19:10 UTC] No.45030857[source]▶
> Malicious actors can hide instructions in websites, emails, and documents that trick AI into taking harmful actions without your knowledge, including:

> * Accessing your accounts or files

> * Sharing your private information

> * Making purchases on your behalf

> * Taking actions you never intended

This should really be at the top of the page and not one full screen below the "Try" button.

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strange_quark ◴[26 Aug 25 19:17 UTC] No.45030955[source]▶
It's insane how we're throwing out decades of security research because it's slightly annoying to have to write your own emails.
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1. echelon ◴[26 Aug 25 19:23 UTC] No.45031030[source]▶
When we felt we were getting close to flight, people were jumping off buildings in wing suits.

And then, the Wright Bros. cracked the problem.

Rocketry, Apollo...

Same thing here. And it's bound to have the same consequences, both good and bad. Let's not forget how dangerous the early web was with all of the random downloadables and popups that installed exe files.

Evolution finds a way, but it leaves a mountain of bodies in the wake.

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2. strange_quark ◴[26 Aug 25 19:31 UTC] No.45031159[source]▶
> When we felt we were getting close to flight, people were jumping off buildings in wing suits. And then, the Wright Bros. cracked the problem.

Yeah they cracked the problem with a completely different technology. Letting LLMs do things in a browser autonomously is insane.

> Let's not forget how dangerous the early web was with all of the random downloadables and popups that installed exe files.

And now we are unwinding all of those mitigations all in the name of not having to write your own emails.

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3. Jare ◴[26 Aug 25 19:38 UTC] No.45031267[source]▶
I'm ok with individual pioneers taking high but informed risks in the name of progress. But this sounds like companies putting millions of users in wing suits instead.
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4. vunderba ◴[26 Aug 25 19:41 UTC] No.45031328[source]▶
Was just coming here to say that. Anyone who's familiar with the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions wouldn't characterize it as a technological evolution that left mountains of bodies in its wake. Yes, there were casualties (Apollo 1) but they were relatively minimal.
5. dingnuts ◴[26 Aug 25 19:44 UTC] No.45031376[source]▶
you also have to be a real asshole to send an email written by AI, at least if you speak the language fluently. If you can't take the time to choose your words what gives you the right to expect me to spend my precious life reading them?

if you send AI generated emails, please punch yourself in the face

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6. wrs ◴[26 Aug 25 19:45 UTC] No.45031383[source]▶
The problem is exactly that we seem to have forgotten how dangerous the early web was and are blithely reproducing that history.
7. southwindcg ◴[26 Aug 25 19:58 UTC] No.45031571{3}[source]▶
Agree, completely.

https://marketoonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/230327.n...