At least some of this is coming to light: > Doublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) that uses a phone > farm to manage at least hundreds of AI-generated social media accounts and > promote products has been hacked. The hack reveals what products the > AI-generated accounts are promoting, often without the required disclosure > that these are advertisements, and allowed the hacker to take control of more > than 1,000 smartphones that power the company. > > The hacker, who asked for anonymity because he feared retaliation from the > company, said he reported the vulnerability to Doublespeed on October 31. At > the time of writing, the hacker said he still has access to the company’s > backend, including the phone farm itself. ...