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The impressive capabilities of ChatGPT can be turned to cybercrimes like phishing despite safety precautions taken by OpenAI to prevent misuse, warn researchers
3 March 2023
Phishing emails, purporting to be from reputable companies, are often attempts to extract passwords or money from you Josie Elias/Alamy
Scammers could use ChatGPT to write phishing emails at a fraction of the cost of a human-penned missive, potentially cutting the cost per email by about 96 per cent.
The popular chatbot, which is based on a large language model (LLM), was released by OpenAI in November 2022 and has since become a useful tool in many industries.
But its ability to quickly produce personalised content can also be turned to criminal purposes, …
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