Experts have spent most of 2023 warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) . From the risk of global nuclear war to fake news influencing elections, there have been plenty of horror predictions.
But as always, cybercriminals have been the threat. And once again, insufficient attention is being given to hacker activities.
Abusing deepfakes
Deepfakes, images that have been doctored by artificial intelligence systems, have been a concern for some time – mostly in terms of celebrities being grafted into pornographic movies. Other, less serious instances include the famous Pope Francis in a puffer image, which have been designed as entertainment.
