AI incident ·
Broadway Performer and SiriusXM Host Seth Rudetsky Reportedly Lost Facebook Page Access in Purportedly AI-Assisted Scam Impersonating Comedian Nikki Glaser
In brief
An AI system built by Large Language Model Developers and deployed by Scammers and Cybercriminals allegedly harmed Targets Of Fraudulent Professional Opportunities, Social Media Users and 6 others.
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- Occurred
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- 1 report
What happened
Broadway performer and SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky reportedly received a personalized invitation purportedly from comedian Nikki Glaser's podcast. After scammers guided him through Facebook permissions during a supposed technical setup, he lost access to his page; he said a former marketing company was also compromised. Reporting described the invitation as most likely AI-composed.
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News reports (1)
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Scammers, Cybercriminals
- Alleged developer
- Large Language Model Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Targets Of Fraudulent Professional Opportunities, Social Media Users, Seth Rudetsky, Public Figures, Nikki Glaser, Facebook Users, Epistemic Integrity, Companies
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Other incidents involving Scammers, Cybercriminals
Source record: incident #1664 on the AI Incident Database · all 1 report