Could a senior Latvian politician really be responsible for scamming hundreds of “mothers-of-two” in the UK? (Probably not, despite Graham’s theories…) And should we be getting worried about the AI wonder that is ChatGPT?
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Plus don’t miss our featured interview with DigiCert’s Brian “PKI” Trzupek.
Hosts:
Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault
Episode links:
- Artis Pabriks.
- ‘I left my partner and lost £80,000 to a fake Facebook romance’: Manchester mum’s warning over catfishing scam – Manchester World.
- ‘I know I have been a fool but these are the things we do for love’, says mum duped out of £80k by Facebook lover – Manchester Evening News.
- Amazon Warns Employees to Beware of ChatGPT – Gizmodo.
- ChatGPT’s soaring popularity has added $5 billion to the wealth of Nvidia’s founder as Wall Street bets on AI boom for the chipmaker – Business Insider.
- ChatGPT raises red flags by acing MBA exam.
- ChatGPT passes exams from law and business schools – CNN.
- I asked ChatGPT how to negotiate a raise. Career coaches said I’d probably get one by following the AI chatbot’s steps and script – Business Insider.
- Real estate agents say they can’t imagine working without ChatGPT now – CNN.
- Science journals ban listing of ChatGPT as co-author on papers – The Guardian.
- Blakes 7 Bot – an automated bot that posts lines of dialogue from Blakes 7.
- Yarn – Find video clips by quotes.
- The New Gurus Podcast – BBC Sounds.
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