AI Scammers Outperform Humans in Building Trust
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A study by researchers from four universities found that AI chatbots can effectively impersonate humans and outperform them in building trust during the initial stages of 'pig butchering' scams, which involve fake crypto investments. The AI bots were able to maintain conversations for extended periods, mirroring the long con tactics used by human scammers.
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