Privacy

AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers

2026-05-13 · MIT Technology Review

Google's AI is helpfully doxxing random people by handing out their real phone numbers to strangers looking for lawyers and locksmiths. Victims report being bombarded with calls for weeks because the AI decided their number belongs to a business. Nothing says 'don't be evil' like turning someone's personal phone into a public directory listing.

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