AI espionage is here—and it found me
After I exposed a shady “consultancy” that tried to recruit me, OpenAI confirmed what I suspected: it was part of a Chinese AI-powered spy op.
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Earlier this week, I told you about a Chinese intelligence front calling itself the “Visionary Advisory Group” that tried to recruit me. Their opening offer was $500 to chat about China-Taiwan tensions, with a follow-up asking for any “non-public insights” I might have on internal U.S. government deliberati…