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ChatGPT's Scary Good at Getting People to Click Phishing Emails, IBM Finds (futurism.com)
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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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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is pretty much what happened at the company I work for. The assistant to the CEO received an email that appeared like it came from the CEO requesting confidential financial information. The email contained mannerisms of the CEO, was sent when the CEO was out of the office, etc. The assistant almost fell for it… She would have if our mail system didn’t clearly flag external emails so that it’s obvious they weren’t sent internally.