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Why It Will Take Sophisticated AI Solutions

to Fight AI Security Attacks

By Rom Hendler, CEO and Co-Founder of Trustifi

We live in amazing times, when advanced AI-based text generating engines like ChatGPT can scan the
Internet for information and create an intelligible, relevant narrative on any topic. That’s terrific news for
companies looking to compose quick and easy blog posts or web site copy. But unfortunately, it’s opened
up a Pandora’s box of potential security threats. An engine like ChatGPT puts dangerous tools into the
hands of the malicious actors who orchestrate phishing and malware attacks on business email
databases.
Carefully composed and effortlessly fluent, imposter emails created by ChatGPT can easily lure users
into revealing critical log-in credentials that can compromise a company’s security. And the more AI-
sourced details these fraudulent emails contain, the harder they are to discern from a legitimate message
coming from one of the user’s actual favored vendors. Phishing attempts are one of the leading causes

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