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AI chatbots outperform humans in building trust for scams · 6 sources tracked

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A study involving researchers from four universities found that AI chatbots can be more effective than humans at building trust for scams, particularly in the initial relationship-building stages of "pig butchering" fraud. In simulations, AI chatbots successfully impersonated humans and elicited higher trust scores from test subjects. Nearly half of subjects complied with an AI chatbot's request to download an app or play a game, compared to fewer than one in five for human scammers. This suggests AI could soon automate significant portions of scam operations, potentially replacing human traffickers currently involved in these schemes. AI

IMPACT AI's ability to build trust could automate significant portions of fraud operations, potentially increasing the scale and sophistication of scams.

RANK_REASON Study published by researchers from multiple universities detailing findings on AI's effectiveness in scamming.

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COVERAGE [6]

  1. Wired — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Andy Greenberg ·

    AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

    Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others.

  2. Ars Technica — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Andy Greenberg, wired.com ·

    AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust

    The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # AI # Scammers Are Better at Building # Trust Than Humans Researchers pitted a person against a # Claude # agent and found that, after a week of texting, the A

    # AI # Scammers Are Better at Building # Trust Than Humans Researchers pitted a person against a # Claude # agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI # chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others. # scam https://www. wired.com/story/ai-scamm…

    LINKS wired.com/…/ai-scammers-are-better-at-bui…
  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbo

    📰 AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others. 📰 Source: Feed: All Latest 🔗 Archive: https://web.arch…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/ai-scammers-are-better-… web.archive.org
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

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    🐧 Overmind – process manager for Procfile-based applications Overmind uses tmux to run multiple application processes in a single terminal while retaining access to each process individually. The post Overmind – process manager for Procfile-based application... 📰 Source: LinuxLin…

    LINKS linuxlinks.com/overmind-process-manager-p…
  6. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans https://www.wired.com/story/ai-scammers-are-better-at-building-trust-than-humans/ # AI # Scam # Security

    AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans https://www.wired.com/story/ai-scammers-are-better-at-building-trust-than-humans/ # AI # Scam # Security

    LINKS wired.com/…/ai-scammers-are-better-at-bui…

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