🍟🔓 “123456”? McD’s Breach, Robot Docs & Zuck 'Stealing' Our Voices

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Welcome to the AI circus: tickets, fries, and voice clones included.

This week, McDonald’s guarded 64 million files with “123456,” Amazon’s about to sell AI sidekicks like AA batteries, and Zuckerberg just bought a startup so his bots can chat with you and your friends in your own voice.

Meanwhile, a robot carved out a gallbladder without flinching, scammers need three seconds of your chatter to drain your Venmo, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff swears the bots are here to boost your career (sure, Marc).

Here’s what’s going on... 👇🏼

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🔓🍟 McD’s Mega Oops: Corporate Password = “123456”
One lazy login cracked 64 million applicant files on the chain’s AI hiring platform. Would you like fries with that data breach? (🔗 Link)

🛠️💬 Bulletproof Brand Voice—Train Your AI, Don’t Tame It
Contently’s playbook shows how to keep AI copy sounding like you, not a beige chatbot with manners. No more “Hey there, valued customer” snoozefests. (🔗 Link)

🛒🤖 AWS Opens an “App Store” for AI Agents
Next week you’ll be able to browse, click, and deploy Anthropic-powered agents like they’re Spotify playlists. IT just became aisle-five at Amazon. (🔗 Link)

🎙️🗣️ Meta Buys Play AI—Your Voice Is Now Mark’s Toy
Zuck snapped up the voice-cloning startup so his bots can sound exactly like…well, you. Expect DMs from yourself by Q4. (🔗 Link)

🎭📞 Voice-Cloning Scams Level Up—How Not to Pay “Grandma”
Fraudsters need three seconds of your chatter to empty your wallet. Pro-tip: ask the caller something only the real you would know—like last night’s DoorDash order. (🔗 Link)

📈🏆 GenAI Branding: How To Win Mindshare In The GenAI Race
LinkedIn’s B2B report says buyers shortlist fewer than three AI vendors. Either get memorable fast or watch competitors hog the mindshare. (🔗 Link)

🙌🤖 Salesforce: AI Won’t Fire You—It’ll “Radically Augment” You
Marc Benioff swears bots are sidekicks, not pink slips. Translation: fewer spreadsheets, more strategy—unless you are a spreadsheet. (🔗 Link)

🔪🤖 Robot Surgeon Scrubs In—Humans Scrub Out
A Johns Hopkins bot just soloed a gallbladder removal, adapting mid-procedure like a calm, caffeinated intern who never blinks. Scalpel skills + zero ego = your future OR team. (🔗 Link)

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