ChatGPT chats steer readers to email journalists for tech help
Original title: Behind the Blog: Tech Support
The visible note says those chats supplied journalist contacts and outreach steps, and similar mail is reaching other reporters.
In a members-only Behind the Blog note, a 404 Media writer says ChatGPT conversations directed people to email journalists, and sometimes lawyers or academic researchers, for ordinary tech-support problems. He reports receiving more of those AI-generated messages after writing about the issue and believes other journalists are getting the same mail. The week’s note also mentions customer service and Proton fallout, but that discussion is not in the visible text.
Unconfirmed: Only the introduction is visible; the Proton discussion and most of the post are behind the paywall.
- Some chats listed several journalists plus contact details and instructions.
- The writer says the same pattern is hitting journalists beyond 404 Media.
- Most of the post is limited to paid members.
- AI models
- ChatGPT
From the original article
1 min read at 404media.co
This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss customer service and Proton fallout. JASON: Since I wrote about ChatGPT turning me into tech support for people’s random problems, I have gotten many more AI-generated emails from people asking me to solve their tech support problems.
By Samantha Cole · 404media.co
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