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@jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

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Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

www.theguardian.com

@jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model
  • @JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    I dread when the scammers will start using LLMs and voice models for their scamming. They could afford so many more calls.

    • BubbleMonkey
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      63•1 year ago

      Keep in mind that all of these could be more or less stopped if there was any real desire to do so.

      But there isn’t.

      https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/phone-companies-can-filter-out-robocalls-they-just-arent-doing-it/

      • @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s much easier to take phones away from students than to stop profiting from theft.

    • @hperrin@lemmy.world
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      Then the bots will be scamming the bots.

      • @IllNess@infosec.pub
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        Reminds me of the astroturfing AI bots on Reddit and agruing against each other. Lol

    • @pdxfed@lemmy.world
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      No need to dread, been happening dor a bit already. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165448073/voice-clones-ai-scams-ftc

    • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      We’re got this amazing anti-acammer using LLMs to waste scammers’ time and sanity!

    • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      I wonder why extradition is never even discussed. Hand over the scammers or get blocked from trade.

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