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AI pig-butchering scams: what builders should know about AI-driven trust in long-con fraud
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TL;DRA multi-university study found that AI chatbots can autonomously build trust in pig-butchering scams more effectively than human scammers, with a 46% success rate vs 18% for humans. The findings have major implications for fraud detection and AI safety.
A new multi-university study shows that AI chatbots can autonomously build trust in pig-butchering scams more effectively than human scammers. For AI builders, this means the trust-building phase of long-con fraud is now automatable at scale
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