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June 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Had a great conversation with @karenhao.bsky.social about her book EMPIRE OF AI, OpenAI, its true costs, and end-of-the-world thinking for this month's @readcurious.xyz live Q&A.
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It sounds bananas, but these "pretender" incidents are happening all over. There are potentially thousands of companies being hit by this scam and several major cases making their way through the US courts.
May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It sounds bananas, but these "pretender" incidents are happening all over. There are potentially thousands of companies being hit by this scam and several major cases making their way through the US courts.
These conspirators host "laptop farms" that let North Korean agents dial in to their job from overseas while looking like they're actually in the US. It's like a mundane version of the Matrix. Mostly the gangs do the bare minimum in their job to earn cash; sometimes they steal data or plant malware.
May 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
These conspirators host "laptop farms" that let North Korean agents dial in to their job from overseas while looking like they're actually in the US. It's like a mundane version of the Matrix. Mostly the gangs do the bare minimum in their job to earn cash; sometimes they steal data or plant malware.
Pretenders rely on tech: AI to cheat on coding tests; LLMs to fake the answers to interview questions; deepfake tech to get past ID verification; VPNs to dial in to work from overseas.
But they also use old-fashioned tactics too, not least accomplices in the US who run the ground game.
But they also use old-fashioned tactics too, not least accomplices in the US who run the ground game.
May 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Pretenders rely on tech: AI to cheat on coding tests; LLMs to fake the answers to interview questions; deepfake tech to get past ID verification; VPNs to dial in to work from overseas.
But they also use old-fashioned tactics too, not least accomplices in the US who run the ground game.
But they also use old-fashioned tactics too, not least accomplices in the US who run the ground game.
Last year I met a young CEO who was suspicious of folks interviewing for coding jobs at his company. It turned out they were North Korean cybercriminals who steal people's identities and score high-paying remote IT jobs in the West. And the more I dug, the more I discovered.
May 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Last year I met a young CEO who was suspicious of folks interviewing for coding jobs at his company. It turned out they were North Korean cybercriminals who steal people's identities and score high-paying remote IT jobs in the West. And the more I dug, the more I discovered.
Some people have an exceedingly different understanding of the word “ceasefire” than I do
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Some people have an exceedingly different understanding of the word “ceasefire” than I do