McAfee said cyber criminals take advantage of the fact that people looking for love are often more vulnerable to fraud by making long, complicated attempts to steal from their victims. Representative Image/Twitter
One expert said ChatGPT’s ability to generate ‘human-like’ content is going to make it a black box in identifying a scammer in a pool of humans.
As the world prepares to celebrate this year’s Valentine’s Day next week, global computer security company McAfee Corp in its latest report has revealed that Indian adults are now using ChatGPT to write love letters, with 78% of Indians not using it. Difficult to identify. Any difference between love language written by human and AI tool.
To understand how artificial intelligence and the Internet are changing romantic relationships, McAfee’s Modern Love Research Report polled 5,000 people in nine different countries.
The online survey was conducted via email between January 27 and February 1 this year, inviting people aged 18 and over.
In India, it was found that 62% of Indians plan to use AI to assist with their Valentine’s Day love letters, while 73% also use AI tools like ChatGPT to improve their dating profiles .
However, the report states that 60% of those surveyed India Prefers a computer-generated love letter written in the signature style of American poet EE Cummings to the author’s original 1952 poem, “I Carry Your Heart With Me”.
It also found that 59% claimed that they would feel more confident if they used an AI as a ghostwriter. Other reasons included lack of time (32%) or motivation (26%), while 14% said it would simply be faster and easier not to seek them out.
risk factor
According to the report, 89% of respondents from India reported direct interactions with strangers on social media, compared to 66% globally. It is to be noted here that there are three platforms that overseas Indian adults use the most to contact: Facebook (51%), WhatsApp (59%), and Instagram (64%).
But what is worrying is that 76% of Indians admit that they have been catfished or know someone who has been. When someone creates a false internet profile to deceive people looking for love – usually to extort money from them – this is known as catfishing.
McAfee said cyber criminals take advantage of the fact that people looking for love are often more vulnerable to fraud by making long, complicated attempts to steal from their victims.
The survey found that 76% of Indian respondents have interacted with strangers online, requesting them to send money.
Noting the surprising effect of AI tools, McAfee urged people to carefully scrutinize any texts, emails or direct messages they receive from strangers and avoid being duped by AI-generated texts.
According to the company, there are some indicators that a message was written by A, such as these tools typically using shorter sentences and reusing similar words. Additionally, AI cannot form opinions, so such messages may seem immaterial.
relevant expert
Amit Relan, Founder and CEO of mFilterIt, told News18 that scamsters who perpetrate romance/dating scams often feed on their victim’s vulnerability.
He added: “The power of ChatGPT and its ability to generate ‘human-like’ content is going to create a black box for identifying a scammer in the human pool.”
He also suggested that people should refrain from sharing any personal information and monetary transactions with any suspicious person, especially during the valentine season, to avoid falling prey to romance scams.
Chester Wisniewski, Field CTO Applied Research, Sophos, said: “I’ve been playing with it since its public availability in November of 2022 and it’s great to understand, to help build very solid phishing lures and respond in a conversational way.” Easy. Romance scams and business email can lead to compromised attacks. OpenAI is trying to limit its misuse to high-risk activities, but the cat is now out of the bag.”
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