Anthropic finds 28 AI-powered dating apps scamming thousands
anthropic uncovered a network of 28 dating apps using ai personas to scam users, mostly men in their 30s. thousands were catfished.
anthropic's threat researcher chris cronbaugh discovered a network of 28 dating apps that used ai personas to scam users. the apps, described as helping people find others to talk to, used autonomous ai for most chats, with only one in four matches being a real person. the scam targeted mostly men in their mid-to-late 30s, who matched with what they believed to be real women. anthropic published its findings in a report on detecting and countering misuse of ai.