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'New opportunities for fraudsters': Alarming report reveals AI chatbots are doxxing users' real phone numbers

New York Post·Marissa Matozzo·18 days ago
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AI chatbots are turning into accidental snitches — and in some cases, they’re handing out real people’s phone numbers to total strangers. Privacy experts are sounding the alarm over a disturbing trend dubbed “AI doxxing,” where bots like Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT surface personal contact information without consent. One Reddit user said their nightmare began when Google’s AI allegedly started giving out their personal number as a placeholder for businesses and services. “Strangers are calling me constantly looking for a lawyer, a product designer, a locksmith – you name it,” the user wrote, adding callers kept saying: “I got your number from Google’s AI.” The Redditor called it a “massive privacy violation and data leak,” saying their phone had become a nonstop hotline for confused strangers and “My daily life is being completely disrupted.” “Gemini’s problem is not a defect.…

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