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Supercharged scams

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When ChatGPT was released to the public in late 2022, it opened people’s eyes to how easily generative AI could churn out vast amounts of human-seeming text from simple prompts. This quickly caught the attention of criminals, who soon began using large language models to produce malicious emails—both the untargeted spam kind and more sophisticated, targeted attacks designed to steal money and sensitive information. Since then, cybercriminals have adopted AI tools to supercharge their operations.
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The Download: an exclusive chat with Jim O’Neill, and the surprising truth about heists

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14 hours ago EXCLUSIVE: A trio of Republican senators are moving to overhaul how federal childcare funds are distributed after what they call "mass fraud" in Minnesota exposed a system that paid providers before verifying children were ever in the room. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, …
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AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse.

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By Rhiannon Williams Verified
| MIT Technology Review Verified
Anton Cherepanov is always on the lookout for something interesting. And in late August last year, he spotted just that. It was a file uploaded to VirusTotal, a site cybersecurity researchers like him use to analyze submissions for potential viruses and other types of malicious software, often known as malware. On the surface it seemed innocuous, but it triggered Cherepanov’s custom malware-detecting measures.
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