ChatGPT can be made to write scam emails and it slashes their cost

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The awesome capabilities of ChatGPT tin beryllium turned to cybercrimes similar phishing contempt information precautions taken by OpenAI to forestall misuse, pass researchers

By Chris Stokel-Walker

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3 March 2023

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Phishing emails, purporting to beryllium from reputable companies, are often attempts to extract passwords oregon wealth from you

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Scammers could usage ChatGPT to constitute phishing emails astatine a fraction of the outgo of a human-penned missive, perchance cutting the outgo per email by astir 96 per cent.

The fashionable chatbot, which is based connected a ample connection exemplary (LLM), was released by OpenAI successful November 2022 and has since go a utile instrumentality successful galore industries.

But its quality to rapidly nutrient personalised contented tin besides beryllium turned to transgression purposes, …

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