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ChatGPT's Scary Good at Getting People to Click Phishing Emails, IBM Finds (futurism.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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IBM researchers said a ChatGPT-generated phishing email was almost as effective in fooling people compared to a man-made version.

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[–] dyathinkhesaurus 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And with better spelling and punctuation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, those 'mistakes' are part of the phishing tactic. It weeds out those that are paying too much attention to the details.

[–] elbarto777 1 points 1 year ago

Better spelling and punctuation is a bug, not a feature.

Bad spelling = people who miss those may be easy to fool.