The memes are flying about AI employee honeypots and spy seductions
Source: Business Insider ·
X users wasted no time turning a WSJ article into an opportunity to dunk on tech bros and the San Francisco dating scene.
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Techies on X keep joking about spies seducing engineers.Richard Drury/Getty ImagesThe newest subject of the tech industry's memes: seductive spies seeking AI secrets.WSJ reported that OpenAI warned employees a hypothetical stranger at the playground could have ulterior motives.X users memed hypothetical HR guidance and jumped on the opportunity to roast tech bros' dating skills.Are you a complex cyber-spy, or are you just happy to see me?Employees at AI labs are working on bleeding-edge tech and privy to trade secrets — so it's understandable if they're on high alert for traps, honeypots, and secret agents. Especially after the FBI arrested OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan and charged him with bugging one of the lab's conference rooms. Alfozan, who was fired, has yet to enter a plea.The Wall Street Journal published a story on Wednesday about the security instructions AI labs were giving their employees. Reporter Erin Woo wrote on X: "OPENAI to EMPLOYEES: If someone is trying to…