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.

  • 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.