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WASHINGTON : Hackers and propagandists are wielding artificial intelligence (AI) to create malicious software, draft convincing phishing emails and spread disinformation online, Canada's top cybersecurity official told Reuters, early evidence that the technological revolution sweeping Silicon Valley has also bee

In an interview this week, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Head Sami Khoury said that his agency had seen AI being used"in phishing emails, or crafting emails in a more focused way, in malicious code in misinformation and disinformation."

In recent months several cyber watchdog groups have published reports warning about the hypothetical risks of AI - especially the fast-advancing language processing programs known as large language models , which draw on huge volumes of text to craft convincing-sounding dialogue, documents and more.

 

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