An article appeared today in our national news questioning whether hacking your smart TV with AI was a good idea...
.."Some tech users, fed up with constant surveillance, ads and other distractions, are using artificial intelligence to "dumb down" their smart devices."
.."Some people have posted their coding scripts — sets of programming instructions carried out by AI agents — on the internet for others to copy."
.."people are essentially using AI agents to help them identify their TV's IP address, then blocking certain traffic, like ads on TV home screens and analytics that get sent back to the company that makes the TV. "
.."Levy says in the case of smart TVs, many of these changes can be made by simply tweaking the settings on the TV itself."
.."one way to address these concerns is to use a Fire Stick or other multimedia streaming device loaded with the apps you want that plugs into a TV's HDMI port."
.."It's important to understand that a lot of smart TVs now also have microphones in them … My fear would be that is it possible for hackers to take over some of those features on your television."
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