Journalists report surge of AI-generated tech support spam after ChatGPT referrals
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A 404 Media journalist says that since publishing an article about ChatGPT acting as tech support, he has received a rising number of AI-generated emails from people asking him to fix their technical problems. He believes the trend affects journalists broadly, as ChatGPT chats reportedly directed users to contact multiple journalists, lawyers and academic researchers.
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