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> There's the conspiracy theory about mentioning a product near a the phone and then getting ads for it (which I don't believe) Well you sure as hell should. B

• gruez 9mo ago
  >https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g38jv8zzwo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g38jv8zzwo >https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/payments-begin-in-95m- https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/payments-begin-in-95m-... Both are for voice assistants that inadvertently got activated. Extending it to imply that they're intentionally deceiving their users is a stretch. >https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-list https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-list... It's a pitch deck. For how skeptical HN is about AI startups or whatever, it seems pretty strange to take this at face value.
  • esseph 9mo ago
    > Extending it to imply that they're intentionally deceiving their users is a stretch. If you say so. They directly profited from it.
    • gruez 9mo ago
      So? You "directly profit" from picking up a bundle of cash robbers dropped as well doing the actual robbery. That doesn't mean someone who does the former is going to do the latter.