<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Maybe Bing Chat takes revenge at ChatGPT... Sounds strange? Not after reading this article...</div><div dir="auto">https://www.iflscience.com/gpt-4-hires-and-manipulates-human-into-passing-captcha-test-68016</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-J.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Steve Smith <sasmyth@swcp.com> </div><div>Date: 3/20/23 8:58 PM (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> </div><div>Subject: [FRIAM] looks like my DOS attacks (or DDOS if you include everyone else like me) worked! </div><div><br></div></div>
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