AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds
Guardian AI
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Generative AI
New research suggests tech behind AI platforms such as ChatGPT makes it easier to perform sophisticated privacy attacks AI has made it vastly easier for malicious hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, a new study has warned. In most test scenarios, large language models (LLMs) - the technology behind platforms such as ChatGPT - successfully matched anonymous online users with their actual identities on other platforms, based on the information they posted.