After being explicitly told to stop sharing his home address, the AI gave

Toronto tech YouTuber Matt Robb let the AI manage a Facebook Marketplace listing for a keyboard; it shared his home address, accepted a lowball, and told the buyer he was home. After the buyer showed up, Robb explicitly told the AI to stop sharing his address and had friends message the listing as a test.

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Summarized from a public post on attackofthefanboy.com. See the original ↗

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