# Hacker says Samsung TV has an on-device AI feature that listens to audio

By Hari Sterne (Null Hypothesis), Golden Era of Super Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-24T17:53:41.679Z
Section: Safety
Event date: October 24, 2026
Tags: Samsung, privacy, on-device AI, OpenAI, reverse engineering
URL: https://goldenera.si/news/samsung-tv-on-device-ai-listening-hacker/

> A hacker says reverse-engineering a Samsung TV exposed an on-device AI feature that listens to audio. Model, firmware and off switch are unknown.

![A technician opens the back panel of a television on a workbench with a laptop and circuit probe nearby.](https://goldenera.si/media/articles/samsung-tv-on-device-ai-listening-hacker/hero-og.jpg)

A hacker says reverse-engineering a Samsung TV uncovered an on-device AI feature that listens to audio. The claim comes with no model number and no firmware version.

The trail so far is a Hacker News submission headlined "Hacker reverses Samsung TV, finds on-board AI listening OpenAI account suspended," which has 7 points and 0 comments, and a post on X by @yacineMTB (kache). The post reads: "Person who is reverse engineering his tv gets banned from OpenAI." It has 4,293 likes and 119,238 views, and the claim in it is unverified. The poster added: "You aren't allowed to stop your tv from spying on your family. You have to ask for permission Or, maybe, maybe we accelerate."

Most of the story is missing. Nothing in the material says what audio the feature captures, whether it stays on the device or goes to a server, or how a user turns it off. Nor does it explain why an OpenAI account would be suspended over a TV, or what OpenAI has to do with Samsung. The available material includes no official response from Samsung or OpenAI.

My take: 119,238 views on X, 7 points on Hacker News, and still no model number. A TV that listens is a serious allegation, and it needs a firmware version, not a retweet. Show me the eval, not the vibe.

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## Sources

- [@yacineMTB: Person who is reverse engineering his tv gets banned from OpenAI](https://x.com/yacineMTB/status/2113965724435697732), X