{"slug": "an-ai-impersonated-me", "title": "An AI impersonated me", "summary": "A developer discovered that an AI-generated LinkedIn account, \"GyaanSetu AI (Artificial Intelligence),\" had published a first-person post impersonating them and their npm package @bananacool467/ui-tools, complete with links back to their DEV post and an OSV vulnerability page. The impersonation surfaced after Google's Gemini repeatedly claimed the developer had a LinkedIn profile, prompting them to trace the AI's source. The developer could not report the post because they do not have a LinkedIn account.", "body_md": "I, had a recent security issue, that was fixed. So then I made some DEV posts for it, then I also complained about AI saying I'm a \"threat actor\" and all those stuff even though I fixed the issue.\n\nSo now, apparently, Gemini keeps saying that I am on LinkedIn. Which I know is not true because I don't have a LinkedIn, so I had to investigate why the AI was thinking I have a LinkedIn.\n\nThen, I found a LinkedIn page labeled **\"Vetted Security Findings Trump AI Submissions\"** which sounds suspicious, that's what Gemini fetched.\n\nThen, I went on the page and scrolled down, and I found a LinkedIn user called **\"GyaanSetu AI (Artificial Intelligence)\"** and I'm also seeing **\"my package, @bananacool467/ui-tools\"** and I was like \"huh?\", so I clicked the post.\n\nThen I am seeing it says \"I\", \"my\" and \"me\", not \"an NPM developer\" as if that account owns my accounts when it doesn't.\n\nThen the footer of the post shows:\n\n```\nYou can read my full technical breakdown here:\nhttps://lnkd.in/g4ZHeT5n\n\nSource: https://lnkd.in/gz4WuurB\n\nOptional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi\n```\n\nBut, I don't have an LinkedIn, so I checked the first link it provided, and apparently, **it redirects to my DEV post**\n\nThe \"Source\" link just redirects to the OSV vulnerability page for MAL-2026-13416\n\nI couldn't report the post because I literally don't have a LinkedIn and I don't wanna create a LinkedIn.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/an-ai-impersonated-me", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/banana_cool/an-ai-impersonated-me-3lhi", "published_at": "2026-09-16 21:57:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 22:23:10.300024+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-search", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Gemini", "LinkedIn", "GyaanSetu AI", "@bananacool467/ui-tools", "DEV", "OSV", "npm", "Google"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/an-ai-impersonated-me", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/an-ai-impersonated-me.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/an-ai-impersonated-me.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/an-ai-impersonated-me.jsonld"}}