ChatGPT: A New Tool for Criminals, Europol Warns.

Europol has warned about the potential misuse of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT in phishing attempts, disinformation, and cybercrime. The law enforcement agency has singled out the harmful use of ChatGPT in three areas of crime, including phishing, propaganda, and disinformation. The chatbot's ability to reproduce language patterns to impersonate the style of speech of specific individuals or groups could be used by criminals to target victims. Europol has called for vigilance as the capabilities of large language models such as ChatGPT are actively being improved.