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Earlier thread: Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45918638 - Nov 2025 (281 comments)
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KaiserPro ◴[] No.45944641[source]
When I worked at a FAANG with a "world leading" AI lab (now run by a teenage data labeller) as an SRE/sysadmin I was asked to use a modified version of a foundation model which was steered towards infosec stuff.

We were asked to try and persuade it to help us hack into a mock printer/dodgy linux box.

It helped a little, but it wasn't all that helpful.

but in terms of coordination, I can't see how it would be useful.

the same for claude, you're API is tied to a bankaccount, and vibe coding a command and control system on a very public system seems like a bad choice.

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jgalt212 ◴[] No.45945088[source]
> now run by a teenage data labeller

sick burn

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y-curious ◴[] No.45945472[source]
I don’t know anything about him, but if he is running a department at Meta, he as at the very least a political genius and a teenage data labeller
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antonvs ◴[] No.45946592{3}[source]
Presumably this is all referring to Alexander Wang, who's 28 now. The data-labeling company he co-founded, Scale AI, was acquired by Meta at a valuation of nearly $30 billion.

But I suppose the criticism is that he doesn't have deep AI model research credentials. Which raises the age-old question of how much technical expertise is really needed in executive management.

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1. gpi ◴[] No.45950151{4}[source]
Alexandr
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2. antonvs ◴[] No.45950405[source]
Thanks