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Incidente 706: Scammers Using AI to Impersonate Small Businesses

Descripción: Scammers are using AI to impersonate small businesses by copying their videos, logos, and social media posts. They create fake listings and ads, diverting customers to cheap knockoffs or stealing their money. This has severely impacted businesses like Bee Cups, Darn Tough Vermont, and Cascade hummingbird feeders, leading to significant financial losses, negative reviews, and damaged reputations. Their deployment of AI makes it challenging for small businesses to combat these fraudulent activities.

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Alleged: OpenAI y Unknown AI developers developed an AI system deployed by Unknown scammers, which harmed small businesses , Small business customers , Small business employees , Bee Cups , Darn Tough Vermont y Jim Carter.

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ID
706
Cantidad de informes
1
Fecha del Incidente
2024-04-01
Editores
Daniel Atherton
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

Clasificaciones de la Taxonomía MIT

Machine-Classified
Detalles de la Taxonomía

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

4.3. Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Malicious Actors & Misuse

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

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Cronología de Informes

Incident OccurrenceScammers’ New Way of Targeting Small Businesses: Impersonating Them
Scammers’ New Way of Targeting Small Businesses: Impersonating Them

Scammers’ New Way of Targeting Small Businesses: Impersonating Them

wsj.com

Scammers’ New Way of Targeting Small Businesses: Impersonating Them
wsj.com · 2024

Copycats are stepping up their attacks on small businesses. 

Sellers of products including merino socks and hummingbird feeders say they have lost customers to online scammers who use the legitimate business owners' videos, logos and social…

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Una "Variante" es un incidente de IA similar a un caso conocido—tiene los mismos causantes, daños y sistema de IA. En lugar de enumerarlo por separado, lo agrupamos bajo el primer incidente informado. A diferencia de otros incidentes, las variantes no necesitan haber sido informadas fuera de la AIID. Obtenga más información del trabajo de investigación.
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