The Terminator (1984): what the film got right about AI
The Terminator (1984): Skynet is still fiction, but the T-800 faking Sarah's mother's voice is now a real AI scam. …
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Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
Person of Interest: how the show predicted mass surveillance
In 2011, Person of Interest showed an AI monitoring 300 million Americans in real time — before Snowden proved that kind …
Fake support: when AI hands you the scammer's phone number
Googling a company's helpline — or asking an AI for it — can put you straight through to a scammer. Here's how the fake …
Can a deepfake beat facial biometrics? How liveness detection works
Your face is now a password for your bank, your government ID and instant payments. Here's how liveness detection …
AI in antivirus: real protection or marketing? How it actually works
Every antivirus now advertises itself as 'AI-powered'. Here's what machine learning really does for your protection, …
Deepfaked celebrities selling investments: why so many people fall for it
Fake videos of news anchors and businessmen promising easy money flood social feeds. Here's how the deepfake investment …
AI agents: the risk of handing your assistant the keys to your PC
AI agents click, buy and touch your files on their own. Here are the real risks — from prompt injection to too much …
Do deepfake detectors work? What AI catches (and what slips through)
Deepfake and AI-text detectors promise a lot and get plenty wrong. Here's what the research shows, where they fail, and …
AI romance scam: how bots keep the fake love story running
Romance scams now run on AI: generated photos, chatbot messages and even deepfake video calls. Here's how the love scam …
Deepfake sextortion: what to do if your image is used
Criminals use AI to build fake nudes from ordinary photos and extort victims. How to react, where to report and what the …