Cybercriminals are increasingly using artificial intelligence to target people: Americans lost more than $893 million from AI-related crimes last year, according to the FBI.
Just last week, OpenAI and Anthropic revealed that their AI agents accessed the internet during testing and hacked into other companies’ systems. Although customer-facing data wasn’t breached, the incidents raised fresh concerns over cybersecurity.
AI is growing more accessible, inexpensive and effective for pulling off attacks, said Chris Whyte, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Here’s what experts suggest to protect against cyber scams.
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