ChatGPT Is Turning Users Into Spammers, Says 404 Media Reporter
404 Media · rss · 2026-10-30
404 Media's Jason reports that after writing about ChatGPT turning him into informal tech support, AI-generated help emails keep piling up. ChatGPT chats now instruct users to contact multiple journalists with contact details and steps, and some even suggest reaching out to lawyers or academics — a new type of spam affecting far more than one newsroom.
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