AI girlfriend review site's secrets were exposed to the world for three weeks
Even testing and staging sites need protection from prying eyes
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Our story comes courtesy of Mia Morin, Editor & AI Quality Analyst at Intimeros, a site that rates, reviews, and evaluates AI companions – yes, that means boyfriends and girlfriends, as well as other kinds of pals. The trouble started during a redesign when one of Morin’s colleagues was working on a test version of the site.
The test site was supposed to be password-protected, but the colleague turned off the protection so they could show a client what they were working on....
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