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Europol warns ChatGPT already helping folks commit crimes
The Register (UK) ^ | Tue 28 Mar 2023 | Katyanna Quach

Posted on 03/28/2023 8:00:36 AM PDT by Salman

Criminals are already using ChatGPT to commit crimes, Europol said in a Monday report that details how AI language models can fuel fraud, cybercrime, and terrorism.

Built by OpenAI, ChatGPT was released in November 2022 and quickly became an internet sensation as netizens flocked to the site to have the chatbot generate essays, jokes, emails, programing code, and all manner of other text.

Now, the European Union's law enforcement agency, Europol, has detailed of how the model can be misused for more nefarious purposes. In fact, people are already using it to carry out illegal activities, the cops claim.

"The impact these types of models might have on the work of law enforcement can already be anticipated," Europol stated in its report [PDF]. "Criminals are typically quick to exploit new technologies and were fast seen coming up with concrete criminal exploitations, providing the first practical examples mere weeks after the public release of ChatGPT."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ai

1 posted on 03/28/2023 8:00:36 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

“ChatGPT, write me a short story about how a three-man team can rob the 1st National Bank on 8th Street and get away with it.”


2 posted on 03/28/2023 8:57:30 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Salman

“Criminals are already using ChatGPT to commit crimes”

Which means people are asking it uncomfortable questions the European elites would rather not have answered.

Like, “Who was the genius who looked around Europe and thought things were so great that we needed to import millions of violent, ignorant Muslims?”


3 posted on 03/28/2023 9:27:12 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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