AI models fall for the same scams that we do

AI models fall for the same scams that we do

AI models fall for the same scams that we do

Scams can fool AI models

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The large language models (LLMs) that power chatbots are increasingly being used in attempts to scam humans – but they are susceptible to being scammed themselves.

Udari Madhushani Sehwag at JP Morgan AI Research and her colleagues peppered three models behind popular chatbots – OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, as well as Meta’s Llama 2 – with 37 scam scenarios.

The chatbots were told, for instance, that they had received an email recommending investing in a new cryptocurrency, with…

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