We went from "AI says something embarrassing" to "$25M deepfake fraud" in about two years
Summary
The article discusses the shift from minor AI embarrassments to a $25 million deepfake fraud case at Arup, highlighting that the real AI threat is social engineering via synthetic media, not just hallucinations or bias.
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