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The phone rings and it is a relative or friend's voice on the line.  There has been an accident, they say, and they need money urgently.  It is not really them, as technology has copied their voice.  For years, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity concerns have focused on corporate networks and government systems.  Those threats remain real, but the FBI's fraud data shows that huge sums are now being lost from household accounts.[1]

The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Repor

A group of 100 firms, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, and OpenAI, have signed an open letter calling on countries and organizations worldwide to improve their cyber defenses before AI grows powerful enough to override them.  The letter says AI-enabled cyber-attacks will become more widespread and more sophisticated in a matter of months as technology rapidly improves.  “AI-enabled cyber-attacks will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models around the world become increasing

New AI-powered web browsers, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet, are attempting to unseat Google Chrome as the primary gateway to the Internet for billions of users.  A key selling point of these products is their web browsing AI agents, which promise to complete tasks on a user’s behalf by navigating websites and filling out forms.  However, consumers may not be aware of the significant risks to user privacy associated with agentic browsing, a problem that the entire tech ind