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New environment ScamWorld tests AI agents against online fraud

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Researchers have developed ScamWorld, an interactive environment designed to evaluate the susceptibility of web agents to online fraud. This platform reconstructs reported scam websites to enable controlled and repeatable testing of how agents handle deceptive interfaces and fraudulent schemes. An initial study using six frontier LLM-powered agents revealed deception rates between 11% and 35%, with agents more prone to proceeding with payment requests than those asking for credentials or wallet information. AI

IMPACT This research provides a new benchmark for evaluating the safety and robustness of AI agents against sophisticated online fraud tactics.

RANK_REASON The item is a research paper detailing a new environment for evaluating AI agents. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New environment ScamWorld tests AI agents against online fraud

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Yutao Wu, Xiao Liu, Ming Wen, Hanxun Huang, Jun Wang, Xingjun Ma ·

    ScamWorld: An Interactive Environment for Evaluating Web Agents Against Online Fraud

    arXiv:2611.04879v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Web agents increasingly browse, shop, and manage accounts on behalf of their users. Prior work has shown that they can be misled by adversarial content, including prompt injections and deceptive interfaces. Beyond such attacks, …

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