Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by asking Meta’s own AI chatbot to reset the password
Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by asking Meta’s own AI chatbot to reset the password

Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts over the weekend by tricking Meta’s own AI-powered support chatbot into granting them access. The attack required no access to the victim’s email, no phishing link, and no malware. The hacker simply asked the chatbot…

Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts
Meta’s own AI was exploited to hijack Instagram accounts

Meta’s AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta’s chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else’s profile and then reset the password. The issue, which Meta says has […]

Hackers hijacked Instagram accounts by tricking Meta AI support chatbot into granting access

Several users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta’s own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts.

Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts
Hackers Used Meta’s AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts

The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta’s “AI support assistant” bot into resetting account passwords.

Zigging when most are zagging, ex-Meta CTO raises $250M climate fund

Mike Schroepfer’s Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world’s energy and material shortages.

It’s not just you. Research says people don’t like overtly friendly AI chatbots

New research suggests users prefer AI chatbots that match their personality instead of assistants that sound excessively cheerful or emotionally exaggerated.

Meta’s employee mouse-click tracking tool is collecting EU data it said it would not collect
Meta’s employee mouse-click tracking tool is collecting EU data it said it would not collect

Internal documents show the Model Capability Initiative captures emails and chats US employees exchange with European colleagues, putting the AI-agent training programme on a collision course with GDPR. Meta’s Model Capability Initiative, the surveilla…

Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.
Apple destroyed the mid-tier watch market. Now it’s coming for the $200 billion eyewear industry.

When Apple launched the Apple Watch in 2015, the mid-tier wristwatch market had a handful of dominant companies. Swatch Group sold watches under Tissot, Hamilton, and Longines. Fossil Group sold under Michael Kors, Armani, and Kate Spade. Movado sold u…

Meta is building an AI pendant. It also plans a business subscription called Wearables for Work.
Meta is building an AI pendant. It also plans a business subscription called Wearables for Work.

Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant that it plans to start testing within the next year, according to an internal memo viewed by The Information. The device builds on the Limitless acquisition Meta completed at the end of 2025. Limitless made a pe…

Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

Meta seems to be making big bets on AI-powered hardware.