It wouldn’t be wrong to mention how the trending AI saga comes with its fair share of pros and cons.
Nearly half of all Americans are speaking up in a new study about how they’re less scam savvy, ever since AI trends took center stage. This means it’s more difficult for them to identify an online scam than before.
The news is very worrisome because the emerging AI phenomenon blurs the line between reality and misinformation and that’s been a leading debate topic for quite some time now.
AI is now everywhere. From education to science and communication, it’s a major development for the world of tech in the 21st century. And in this particular study featuring close to 2000 participants, 18% don’t feel too confident when highlighting scams before they fall prey to them.
When you come to think about it, every one in three US citizens feels it’s harder now than ever to differentiate a scam from reality. They cannot tell if AI is impersonating another individual or if it’s really a contact that they know.
AI can produce fake news and at the same time, give rise to robo-calles with real voices. If that’s not crazy enough, they could roll out texts from recognizable phone numbers and even enhance the probability of people falling prey to scams that cause severe anxiety to other US citizens.
This might have to do with how over so many years, close to 34% of all respondents could have been vulnerable to a scam in some way, shape, or form. Those who agreed mentioned how it was close to five years back before a massive surge in AI arose.
Meanwhile, for a few, it’s still very fresh and occurred recently. Thanks to these results, 40% were affected in the past year and 8% indicated it arose as early as last month.
Some of the most popular scam variants discussed included fake sales, phishing scams in emails, and false listings.
There is a lot of fraud taking place as we speak. And it’s not a huge surprise that Americans are going about cracking down on certain sectors. When they were questioned about which domain they felt required the greatest level of protection against such schemes, they selected finance ordeals, while emails and online scales were closely seen following up.
This particular research study was rolled out by Talker Research on behalf of BOSS Revolution and also was designed to attain pulse checks of how Americans felt regarding the growing trend of AI. Interestingly, not everyone hates it or thinks so negatively of it.
Close to 40% of all Americans did point out some sort of positivity with the arrival of AI and how many do reap its benefits in some manner or the other. While his integration might not be as advanced as other professions like medicine or law, so many use AI for responses to their queries online or to assist with task handling that they don’t wish to engage. There’s a lot a growing use of AI in language translation.
Those having negative opinions related to AI spoke more about issues linked to privacy and data collection. A few felt it might come to a point where AI cannot be controlled and therefore the rise in frauds would occur with no turning back.
Still, seeing great positive feedback from Americans who are using AI daily for writing recipes, generating emails, and also understanding languages better was a breath of fresh air to hear.
Around 21% highlighted how they were using AI each day and then 31% spoke about doing this a few times in a single week. Some do it via chat services while others use it through social media, phone, texts, or emails.
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Nearly half of all Americans are speaking up in a new study about how they’re less scam savvy, ever since AI trends took center stage. This means it’s more difficult for them to identify an online scam than before.
The news is very worrisome because the emerging AI phenomenon blurs the line between reality and misinformation and that’s been a leading debate topic for quite some time now.
AI is now everywhere. From education to science and communication, it’s a major development for the world of tech in the 21st century. And in this particular study featuring close to 2000 participants, 18% don’t feel too confident when highlighting scams before they fall prey to them.
When you come to think about it, every one in three US citizens feels it’s harder now than ever to differentiate a scam from reality. They cannot tell if AI is impersonating another individual or if it’s really a contact that they know.
AI can produce fake news and at the same time, give rise to robo-calles with real voices. If that’s not crazy enough, they could roll out texts from recognizable phone numbers and even enhance the probability of people falling prey to scams that cause severe anxiety to other US citizens.
This might have to do with how over so many years, close to 34% of all respondents could have been vulnerable to a scam in some way, shape, or form. Those who agreed mentioned how it was close to five years back before a massive surge in AI arose.
Meanwhile, for a few, it’s still very fresh and occurred recently. Thanks to these results, 40% were affected in the past year and 8% indicated it arose as early as last month.
Some of the most popular scam variants discussed included fake sales, phishing scams in emails, and false listings.
There is a lot of fraud taking place as we speak. And it’s not a huge surprise that Americans are going about cracking down on certain sectors. When they were questioned about which domain they felt required the greatest level of protection against such schemes, they selected finance ordeals, while emails and online scales were closely seen following up.
This particular research study was rolled out by Talker Research on behalf of BOSS Revolution and also was designed to attain pulse checks of how Americans felt regarding the growing trend of AI. Interestingly, not everyone hates it or thinks so negatively of it.
Close to 40% of all Americans did point out some sort of positivity with the arrival of AI and how many do reap its benefits in some manner or the other. While his integration might not be as advanced as other professions like medicine or law, so many use AI for responses to their queries online or to assist with task handling that they don’t wish to engage. There’s a lot a growing use of AI in language translation.
Those having negative opinions related to AI spoke more about issues linked to privacy and data collection. A few felt it might come to a point where AI cannot be controlled and therefore the rise in frauds would occur with no turning back.
Still, seeing great positive feedback from Americans who are using AI daily for writing recipes, generating emails, and also understanding languages better was a breath of fresh air to hear.
Around 21% highlighted how they were using AI each day and then 31% spoke about doing this a few times in a single week. Some do it via chat services while others use it through social media, phone, texts, or emails.
Read next:
• Ransomware Costs Surge: Local Governments Pay Most, IT Firms Pay Least, Says Sophos
• Meta’s Llama 3.1 405B May Outperform OpenAI’s GPT-4o As Leaked Data Suggests Major Milestone For AI Community
• Zero-Day Flaw On Telegram Enables Attackers To Send Malicious Video Files
