Humans are fundamentally social creatures. And language lies at the heart of how we socialise and communicate. It is the basis of understanding and therefore coexistence. Whether we know it or not, most of us speak two “languages”: the language of officialdom and business, and the dialect that’s spoken in the region where we grew up. When hearing or reading the latter, it can disarm us; making us feel closer to the person writing or speaking it.
The challenge with generative AI (GenAI) is that it gives threat actors with little grasp of such linguistic subtleties the ability to get inside our heads. It could further bolster their efforts to socially engineer victims, and conduct convincing fraud and disinformation campaigns.
