Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar’s mic if the TV doesn’t have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.

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Hacker reverse engineers his Samsung TV and finds on-device AI listening for your dog and baby, watching what you watch, and borrowing your soundbar’s mic if the TV doesn’t have one. Then OpenAI banned him for reverse-engineering it.

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They’ll try to connect on their own if there is any open Wi-Fi anywhere near you.
Maybe, but for now all we can substantiate is that Smart TV’s scan for other networks as a means of location tracking. (Which in and of itself is valuable for targeted ads.)