Social media is being flooded with spammy AI content. Research by Indiana University details how artificial intelligence is being used to scam people on social media platforms.
Researchers found over 1,000 AI spam bots on social media using ChatGPT to promote scams, especially in cryptocurrency. These bots imitate humans, making detection harder and potentially degrading online information quality. Without regulation, malicious actors could outpace efforts to combat AI-generated content, posing a threat to the internet’s reliability.
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Researchers found over 1,000 AI spam bots on social media using ChatGPT to promote scams, especially in cryptocurrency. These bots imitate humans, making detection harder and potentially degrading online information quality. Without regulation, malicious actors could outpace efforts to combat AI-generated content, posing a threat to the internet’s reliability.