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AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers

MIT Tech Review Eileen Guo May 13, 2026
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
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# AI Chatbots Are Leaking Your Personal Phone Numbers AI chatbots like Google's are pulling real phone numbers from the internet and sharing them with people who ask—meaning strangers can easily find your contact info through a simple conversation with an AI. One person reported getting flooded with unwanted calls from people who found his number this way. Right now there's no straightforward way to stop AI systems from doing this, even if you want your information kept private.

People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.  A Redditor recently wrote that he was “desperate for help”: for about a month, he said, his phone had been inundated by calls from “strangers” who were “looking for a lawyer, a

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