McDonald's uses an AI chatbot called "Olivia" for hiring. A pair of hackers found they could access every conversation job applicants had with it—including all the personal info they shared—by exploiting security vulnerabilities as basic as using the password "123456".
https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-chat-bot-paradoxai/
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