A cybersecurity researcher says his Samsung TV was collecting far more data than he expected. The researcher, known as “log4j”, reverse-engineered a 2025 Samsung TV and found systems for collecting viewing data, screenshots and audio-related information. He also says the TV has AI components that can analyze what you watch, how long you watch it, which ads you skip and how far you get through videos. But the story gets even stranger. Log4j says OpenAI banned his account while he was working on the investigation. He posted an email saying his account had been deactivated for violating its terms regarding “Cyber Abuse.” He claims he never used OpenAI to exploit or find vulnerabilities, only for local reverse-engineering work on his own devices. He says the ban cost him around $500 and reset several of his accounts, but apparently motivated him to build a larger machine cluster for the investigation.