Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky’s X account was hijacked in an AI slop hack | Fortune

Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky appears to have been the target of a cyberattack, a source with knowledge of the situation tells Fortune. On Monday, Chesky’s X account shared a multi-post thread setting out a bullish view on “real-world asset tokenization,” a term from the crypto world that describes converting traditional assets like stocks into digital tokens. “I’ve been quietly keeping an eye on real-world asset tokenization for a while now,” the account wrote in the now-deleted series of tweets. “Most of it is noise. But underneath the noise, something real is happening.” Chesky is an active user of X, where he routinely shares product updates, earnings commentary, and lessons from building Airbnb with his more than 1.2 million followers. He’s even used the platform to crowdsource suggestions for business improvements, such as lowering cleaning fees and, ironically, crypto payments, which earned praise from X owner Elon Musk. “This kind of interaction with users is awesome,” Musk wrote in response to the 2023 call for ideas, urging other companies to take note. Commentary from Chesky on crypto is out of character for his accounts.  This week, though, Chesky’s replies were filled with accusations of “AI slop,” a term that
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