"Artificial Intelligence Offers Swindlers a New Tool for Romance Scams"

This Valentine's Day, scammers could use Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, to craft love letters aimed at luring people into their malicious schemes. Romance scams refer to the practice of using fake online identities to gain victims' trust for financial benefit. Although it may seem unlikely that humans can be deceived by machine-generated love letters, the McAfee Modern Love Research Report found that 7 out of 10 people could not tell the difference. In order to conduct the study, the researchers presented a ChatGPT-generated love letter to over 5,000 people worldwide. They found that 33 percent of the participants believed a human wrote the letter, while 3 percent were unable to tell the difference. Steve Grobman, CTO at McAfee, emphasized that scammers can use AI, such as ChatGPT, which anyone with a web browser can easily access, to engage in malicious activity, particularly during holidays, to target individuals who have lowered their guard. In addition to ChatGPT, deepfake images, AI-generated conversations, and emotion analysis will soon be executed at scale, according to Bud Broomhead, CEO of Viakoo. This article continues to discuss the potential use of AI tools, including ChatGPT to support romance scams and other malicious activities. 

SC Media reports "Artificial Intelligence Offers Swindlers a New Tool for Romance Scams"