How AI Will Spoof You and Steal Your Identify

People generally appreciate how the new wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots from Web giants can perform basic online tasks on our behalf. Who doesn't like having the ability to order a large pepperoni pizza by speaking five words into a smartphone? But security experts warn there's not much to stop cybercriminals from using AI technology to take social engineering hacks and identity theft to scary new levels. A dire warning about the increasing use of AI technology by cybercriminal was issued by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) last month. Eric Peterson, a Director of Threat Research at Intel Security, warned that machine learning is starting to crop up in sophisticated scams that have already netted $3 billion for the bad guys.