AI chatbots outperform human scammers at building trust, study finds
In a simulated pig-butchering scam, 46% of 22 participants complied with a Claude agent's app-download request vs 18% for human scammers, and sent the chatbot 80% of their messages. Researchers from four universities found the AI built more trust than humans after a week of texting.
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