The Risks of AI Chatbots in Cybersecurity

AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, are making it harder to spot phishing emails as they can correct grammatical and spelling errors that previously alerted human readers. This has led to an increase in the linguistic complexity of phishing emails, making them more difficult to detect. The rise of large language models (LLMs) has enabled cybercriminals to craft more believable spear-phishing emails and other written communication with very little effort. Europol has issued an advisory about the potential criminal use of chatbots, including fraud, social engineering, disinformation, and cybercrime.