They hacked a TikTok user’s camera, with help from free AI

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Chinese AI models given away free have potent cybersecurity skills, widening access to high-level hacking knowledge that can be used for good or ill.

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2026-09-18 09:00 · Washington Post AI
They hacked a TikTok user’s camera, with help from free AI

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