How AI Could be used to Facilitate Crime -- AI Daily - Artificial Intelligence News

For many years, there has been much talk about an "AI Armageddon", where Robots become self-aware, realising humans are the cause of many of the world's problems and kill us all in an attempt to better the world, at our expense. In such a scenario, AI would definitely make our lives worse. However, what is spoken about much less is something which should be greatly concerning to humanity, the possibility of AI being used to facilitate and aid crime; in ways which are very difficult to track and counter. Researchers at University College London have explored this possibility, publishing a paper on the 5th of August this year outlining various "AI-enabled future crimes" which may arise as a result of rapidly advancing technology. According to the research, there are six crimes which are considered the'most concerning', which could be facilitated by AI: three of which are closely related, "audio and video impersonation", "tailored phishing" and "AI-authored fake news".