- AI is supercharging cybercriminals’ abilities, experts warn.
- Crypto scams and fraud are becoming more sophisticated.
- Authorities need to use AI to combat crooks who use AI, experts say.
Law enforcement is struggling to keep up with cybercriminals who increasingly use artificial intelligence to con people with more convincing crypto scams, experts say.
At a joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection on Tuesday, witnesses told lawmakers that there has been a surge in cyber attacks because of AI.
“It’s easier to lie with AI, it’s easier to make convincing emails with malicious links, it’s easier to make these deep fakes,” Cynthia Kaiser,…







