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Thousands catfished by AI-powered dating app network spanning 28 apps

Verge reveals apps remained on app stores despite public disclosure

2 Sep 16 11:08 AM · 12d ago · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 2 of 2

Yael Grauer notes on Mastodon that despite Anthropic's public disclosure in June, the fraudulent apps persisted on major platforms. For every human gig worker, there were three AI personas. The apps remained on Google Play and Apple app stores for months, with at least one still available on the Play store as of the reporting date.

Verge reveals apps remained on app stores despite public disclosure
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“For every human gig worker, there were three AI personas”

Yael Grauer, Security journalist · mastodon ↗

Chris Cronbaugh Anthropic threat intelligence researcherMatthew Gore-Kormanik Security researcherYael Grauer Security journalistAnthropic AI company that detected and disclosed the fraud

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch

  1. 1 outlet Anthropic and other researchers detail how thousands of people were catfished by dating scam apps using LLM-generated replies from Claude and other models

    first by The Verge, 11d ago

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