Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up - eviltoast

Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can’t keep up::Social media is being flooded with spammy AI content. Research by Indiana University details how artificial intelligence is being used to scam people on social media platforms.

  • wmassingham@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why is the author suggesting government regulation should be involved here? Spamming and scamming is nothing new, at all. This is on the platforms to actually do a substantial job of moderating.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Ostensibly, because fraud is criminal behavior that government is supposed to protect its citizens from. In reality, probably more likely part of a fear campaign to have support for things like KOSA and backdooring encryption.

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      This is on the platforms to actually do a substantial job of moderating.

      What else will force companies to moderate if not regulation?

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      I said it in another thread. Only time I’ve seen media put out articles like this is to generate some new social fear that didn’t exist before so that new laws can be made to fuck over regular people. You can’t go 5 minutes without an “AI IS STEALING GRANDMA” article