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OpenAI tool used to create voice bot that can drain crypto wallets

OpenAI tool used to create voice bot that can drain crypto wallets
Researchers at the University of Illinois have reportedly used OpenAI's voice API to create AI-powered phone scam agents that have the ability to drain victims' crypto wallets and bank accounts. The researchers used OpenAI's GPT-4o model along with other tools to build the agent capable of autonomously executing various phone-based scams. Phone scams targeting Americans cost around $40 billion annually, and the researchers found that the average cost of a successful scam is just $0.75. The team experimented with crypto transfers, gift card scams, and theft of user credentials, achieving an overall success rate of 36%. OpenAI's detection systems detected the researchers' experiments and issued a warning against repurposing or distributing the output from its services to harm others.

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