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‘AI Girlfriend’ Scam Steals $27k From Man In Elaborate Virtual Romance
Unfortunately, one man discovered that his alleged “long-distance” lover was actually an AI chatbot, and to make things worse, it had defrauded him of almost $27,000.
With well-known online personalities like the Hawk Tuah lady developing their own AI dating applications and “dystopian” humanoid robot ladies driven by AI, the use of AI-based dating technology has skyrocketed in recent years.
There have been more accusations that scammers are now using comparable technology to extort money from unsuspecting people, even though the majority of AI dating cases are generally harmless, if not terrifying in certain situations.
There are ways to identify if you’re talking to an AI rather than a human, but since related technology advances so quickly, it’s getting difficult and harder for even tech-savvy people to stay informed, especially while wearing rose-colored glasses.
The most well-known of these cases included a woman who fell in love with an AI-generated Brad Pitt impersonator and was defrauded of about $850,000; new reports from China suggest that this has happened again.
A Chinese guy named ‘Mr. Liu’ discovered that what he believed to be his long-distance lover was actually an artificial intelligence (AI) fabrication, according to the Independent. Regretfully, this information was discovered after he had sent more than 200,000 yuan, or around $27,000.
Liu started communicating with a fictitious Ms. Jiao, who had sent him movies and photographs via the internet. However, all of the content he had received was produced by a group of con artists using generative AI or a combination of images.
Jiao then started submitting fictitious medical bills to Mr. Liu, asking for his financial support in addition to asking him to help her finance her own company.
Police clarified that Liu had never met Ms. Jiao during their conversation, considering the images and videos to be sufficient “proof” that she was who she claimed to be, even if she didn’t exist at all.
The act of posing as someone else online, particularly in romantic settings, is known as “catfishing,” and it has been practiced for nearly as long as the internet has existed.
However, it makes sense that catfishing attempts would grow increasingly intricate and difficult to decipher as AI advances.
Since romance frequently makes people more eager to part with money, it has become the ideal place for scammers to prey on the weak, and experts continue to caution about phoney relationships, urging people to exercise caution when dating online.
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