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Ethan Mollick Warns AI Is Making Sophisticated Attacks on Individuals Cheaper

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Ethan Mollick warned that advances in AI are lowering the cost of targeting individuals at scale with sophisticated attacks, and urged people to take precautions now. He recommended enabling two-factor authentication on all accounts and agreeing on passwords with family members to verify voice calls asking for money.

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If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean the costs of mass targeting individuals with sophisticated attacks are dropping.Ethan Mollick · X

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10/14
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10/13
  1. Ethan Mollick · X
    If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean the costs of mass targeting individuals with sophisticated attacks are dropping.

    If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean the costs of mass targeting individuals with sophisticated attacks are dropping.

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