Man's Entire Life Destroyed After Downloading AI Software

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Little did he know that the decision would totally upend his life — resulting in everything from his credit cards to social security number being leaked, and ultimately costing him his job, the Wall Street Journal reports "It's impossible to convey the sense of violation,"  42-year old Van Andel, who is the father of two boys, told the newspaper.

Last February, Disney employee Matthew Van Andel downloaded what seemed like a helpful AI tool from the developer platform GitHub.

The software, an AI image generator, worked as advertised.

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Author / Journalist: Frank Landymore

Category: Technology

Markets: United States

Topics: The digest Hack Hackers Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

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News Sentiment: Negative

Fact Checked: Legitimate

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Published On: 2025-02-26 @ 17:32:40 (15 hours ago)

News Timezone: GMT +8:00

News Source URL: futurism.com

Language: English

Article Length: 574 words

Reading Time: 4 minutes read

Sentences: 25 lines

Sentence Length: 23 words per sentence (average)

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