Apate uses AI bots to counter online scammers
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Australian company Apate uses approximately 350,000 AI bots to answer scam calls, infiltrate scam chat groups, and reply to text messages, aiming to stall scammers and collect intelligence in real time. It has so far collected over 250,000 pieces of scammer information, including scam URLs, money mule accounts, and banking information. Its founder Dali Kaafar said Apate's calls often last over two hours, and the demo version tested by WIRED failed to get the AI to take the bait. Research by ETH Zurich researcher Mark Vero found that LLM-driven honeypots can make AI attackers attack longer, and are detected.
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- WIRED Security and AIAI 正被用于反制网络诈骗：Apate 用 35 万个机器人拖住诈骗者
澳大利亚公司 Apate 用约 35 万个 AI 机器人接听诈骗电话、潜入诈骗聊天群并回复短信，目标是拖住诈骗者并实时收集情报，目前已收集超过 25 万条诈骗者信息，包括诈骗 URL、钱骡账户和银行信息。其创始人 Dali Kaafar 称 Apate 的通话常持续两小时以上，WIRED 测试的演示版未能让该 AI 上钩。ETH Zurich 研究员 Mark Vero 的研究发现，LLM 驱动的蜜罐能让 AI 攻击者攻击更久，且被识破为蜜罐的比例更低。
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