Food Festival Scams, Meta Muse, Data Center Public Opinion, More: ResearchBuzz AI Update, September 23, 2026
afternoonbuzz Food Festival Scams, Meta Muse, Data Center Public Opinion, More: ResearchBuzz AI Update, September 23, 2026 AI PROBLEMS BBC:
afternoonbuzz Food Festival Scams, Meta Muse, Data Center Public Opinion, More: ResearchBuzz AI Update, September 23, 2026 AI PROBLEMS BBC: Food festivals across UK exploited in AI-powered scam, BBC finds. “British food festivals are being used to target small food and craft businesses in a scam made possible by artificial intelligence (AI).
A BBC Wales investigation found dozens of traders received professional-looking emails purporting to be from festivals with any requests for money only coming after multiple emails are exchanged.” Ars Technica: Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day. “Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant, Muse, claiming it is ‘built from the ground up for privacy and security.’ A zero-day vulnerability that gives locally run apps and terminal commands complete control of the agent raises serious doubts.
First reported by Researchbuzz.me.
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