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'People are just not worried about being scammed'

Fraudsters are increasingly using AI, but are people taking the problem seriously enough?

As part of his efforts, Mr Hoefnagels, who lives in Ontario, Canada, ran the scam or “phishing” emails his gran had received through popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. But generative AI apps can now increasingly create photos and paintings, voice content, compose music or make documents. AI-powered software made by Norwegian start-up Strise has been helping European banks spot fraudulent transactions and money laundering since 2022.

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