Description: Broadway performer and SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky reportedly received a personalized invitation purportedly from comedian Nikki Glaser's podcast. After scammers guided him through Facebook permissions during a supposed technical setup, he lost access to his page; he said a former marketing company was also compromised. Reporting described the invitation as most likely AI-composed.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Large language model developers developed an AI system deployed by Scammers and Cybercriminals, which harmed Targets of fraudulent professional opportunities , Social media users , Seth Rudetsky , public figures , Nikki Glaser , Facebook users , Epistemic integrity and Companies.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Social media platforms , Large language models , Facebook , AI-generated phishing content and AI-assisted email impersonation workflows
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1664
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-08-18
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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When Seth Rudetsky received an invitation to appear on Nikki Glaser's podcast, he had no particular reason to think it wasn't real.
Rudetsky, the Broadway performer and SiriusXM host, gets asked to do podcasts all the time. Better yet, this…
Variants
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