Not long after generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT were introduced with a promise to boost economic productivity, scammers launched the likes of FraudGPT, which lurks on the dark web promising to assist criminals by crafting a finely tailored cyberattack.
The cybersecurity firm Netenrich in July identified FraudGPT as a “villain avatar of ChatGPT” that helps craft spear-phishing emails, provides tools to break passwords, and writes undetectable malware or other malicious code.
And so the AI arms race was on.
