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Ridiculous deals as store leaves website open for the public to edit (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by bignose@awful.systems to c/webdev@programming.dev

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An Auckland convenience store is in the midst of an ongoing online battle after inadvertently allowing its website to be edited by the general public.

The store […] found itself advertising, among other things, a “pair of crusty socks”, a “Princess Diana Commemorative Plate”, and “National Parks to the highest bidder”.

The store’s site uses Base44, a “no-code AI platform” that allows users to build web applications, but it has been left open for the public to edit.

At one point, while items were being added for sale, the website’s operator appeared to be arguing with the public, with one item saying “stop hacking us”. An item popped up in response saying “don’t use an AI site builder then.”

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[–] dan@upvote.au 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I get that, but it's still weird that their first reaction was "I should use AI for this" rather than "I should copy what other small stores do" or "I should Google 'how to run an online store'", either of which would have led to a better solution.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

it's still weird that their first reaction was "I should use AI for this"

Why is that? With AI being the solution to everything being advertised down our thoats on the daily..... you dont think AI companies would lie to us do you?

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, I see you're still assuming that Google isn't pushing their BS "AI" into anything & everything it can. (not a "they", don't humanize it, my fellow poors) IMHO, they'd have been just as likely to choose a bot-coded builder by searching for it. Hell, we don't even know that they didn't, really.

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I just searched in Google and their AI says to use Wix online store builder or Square online store. Reasonable suggestions.

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago

"Reasonable" is hiding something under its petticoat. 😑