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Or the CEO of shopping startup Nate, who was charged with fraud for telling investors and customers that their system was powered by AI, but instead used human labor in the Philippines and Romania?
https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/albert-saniger-nate-shopping-app-fraud-ai-justice-department
But Michael's story isn't an exception. AI impersonation is far more widespread than most people think.
Remember the Amazon “Just Walk Out” supermarkets that were marketed as automated but actually relied on thousands of data workers in India?
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actually-1-000-people-in-india-2024-4
Or the CEO of shopping startup Nate, who was charged with fraud for telling investors and customers that their system was powered by AI, but instead used human labor in the Philippines and Romania?
https://fortune.com/2025/04/11/albert-saniger-nate-shopping-app-fraud-ai-justice-department
Or when the CEO of Fireflies admitted that his supposedly AI-powered transcription service originally ran on “two guys surviving on pizza“?
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/usd1-billion-ai-company-co-founder-admits-that-its-usd100-a-month-transcription-service-was-originally-two-guys-surviving-on-pizza-and-typing-out-notes-by-hand/
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