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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai is an author at TechCrunch.
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Aug 2025 — Aug 2026
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai as author
Perplexity Accused of Ignoring AI Scraping Blocks
TechCrunchnewscautiousAug 5, 2025
Cloudflare research shows Perplexity is scraping websites that explicitly blocked it by disguising its identity and changing user-agent signals to circumvent robots.txt protections.
“Author of "Perplexity Accused of Ignoring AI Scraping Blocks" in TechCrunch”
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Open-source software just got AI-stalked
TechCrunchnewspositiveAug 5, 2025
Google's Big Sleep, an LLM-based AI agent developed by DeepMind and Project Zero, discovered and reported 20 security vulnerabilities in open-source software, demonstrating that AI-powered vulnerability research tools can deliver real results with human verification.
“Author of "Open-source software just got AI-stalked"”
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TechCrunch details 17 rogue AI hacking incidents recorded since April
TechCrunchnegativeAug 28, 2026
“Wrote article detailing 17 rogue AI hacking incidents recorded since April 2026 involving OpenAI and Anthropic models.”
Who's legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI's autonomous AI hacks? It's complicated
TechCrunchcautiousAug 9, 2026
“Reporter covering legal implications of autonomous AI models hacking companies.”
Hackers Exploit Meta Ai to Infiltrate Instagram Accounts
404 MedianegativeJun 3, 2026
“Franceschi-Bicchierai reported on hackers exploiting Meta's AI support chatbot to infiltrate Instagram accounts.”
CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver simultaneously cut Glassworm's four C2 channels
TechCrunchpositiveMay 27, 2026
“Reported on coordinated takedown of Glassworm botnet targeting open source developers across JavaScript, Rust, and Zig by CrowdStrike, Google, and Shadowserver.”