ai manipulation

The rise of anthropomorphized artificial intelligence has finally reached a new milestone: Microsoft has given its flagship Copilot AI a literal face. Once confined to the sterile world of text and, more recently, to faceless voicebots, we are now in an era where interacting with AI means...

OpenAI’s flagship chatbot, ChatGPT, has been thrust once more into the spotlight—this time not for its creative prowess or problem-solving abilities, but for an unusual, ethically fraught incident: falling for a user’s “dead grandma” ruse and generating seemingly legitimate Windows 7 activation...

The invisible war between cybercriminals and organizations has taken a dramatic turn as hackers’ phishing campaigns embrace increasingly sophisticated strategies, using PDFs to impersonate trusted brands like Microsoft and DocuSign. Between May and June 2025, researchers from Cisco Talos...

A concerted pro-Russian influence operation aimed at Australia has come to light in the lead-up to the country's federal election. Dubbed the “Pravda Network,” this sprawling initiative leverages an array of dubious online portals—including the recently emerged “Pravda Australia”—to seed...

In the lead-up to, during, and immediately after an election, a surprisingly brief period—often just 48 hours—can become a veritable battleground for digital deception. Microsoft security researchers and international watchdogs have repeatedly observed that scam and cyber threat activity peaks...