A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251218015621/https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-the-a16z-backed-phone-farm-flooding-tiktok-with-ai-influencers/
I feel this is a stupid abbreviation that needlessly obscures the subject from readers, in favor of corporation-indulgent branding.
404 Media, please do better.
how does it service the corporation? everyone that knows about the company should know about this abbreviation