No hack after all: AI model just reconstructed a URL to fetch once-public files
xeophon · x · 2026-09-24
The rumored AI "hack" turns out to be a non-event: the model simply reconstructed a URL and downloaded files that had been publicly accessible until last year. The Sydney Morning Herald had run a headline implying a breach, and observers are asking whether the correction will get equal attention.
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