AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans

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AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans
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Researchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others.

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