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AI increasingly used for sextortion, scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief
The fast-developing technology is providing opportunities in ‘any crime type’ – and police must ‘move fast’ to catch up
Speaking at the National Police Chiefs’ Council conference in London last week, Murray revealed concerns over emerging AI “heists” in which fraudsters use deepfake technology to impersonate company executives and trick their colleagues into transferring large sums of money. There is mounting concern that apparently benign chatbots could incite people into crime and terrorism after revelations that a man who tried to attack Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow in 2021 had gained encouragement from a female “AI friend”. Jonathan Hall, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has been researching the potential uses of AI by terrorist groups and highlighted “chatbot radicalisation” as a threat alongside propaganda generation and attack facilitation and planning.
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