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1140 Fox8 accounts. You acted for sure, didn't you?
Researchers at Indiana University have discovered a botnet on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. This botnet, called Fox8, was managed using ChatGPT technology and consisted of 1,140 accounts. Fake pages created posts and interacted with each other using an AI model. The automatically generated content, in turn, attracted users ' attention and redirected them to cryptocurrency sites. Since the program imitated the communication of real people for the benefit of the creators, this may well be regarded as a form of fraud and misinformation.
Researchers believe that Fox8 is just the tip of the iceberg. In their opinion, there are other, more complex campaigns that have not yet been detected.
To search for bots, we used the characteristic phrase "As an AI language model ..." ("As an AI language model..."), which ChatGPT sometimes uses to respond to sensitive or controversial requests. Filippo Mentzer, one of the scientists, stated: "The only reason we noticed this botnet was because of its unreliable disguise."
"The program deceives both the platform and users," Mentzer explains. Social algorithms, noticing more activity, show posts to more people. This makes the promotion of cryptocurrency platforms fast and convenient. Mentzer also added that governments that would benefit from conducting disinformation campaigns are probably already developing or using similar tools.
William Wang, a professor at the University of California, claims that many spam pages are now generated automatically, and it is increasingly difficult to distinguish them from real ones. In May, his lab developed a mechanism that distinguishes ChatGPT-generated text from human-written text. However, this system requires a lot of money and is constantly becoming outdated due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence. "It's a kind of cat-and-mouse game," he said.
Interestingly, X became a particularly fertile ground for such botnets after Elon Musk acquired it. Despite promises to eliminate fraudulent activity, it has only increased, and it has become more difficult to investigate the problem due to the growing cost of the platform's API.
Researchers at Indiana University have discovered a botnet on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. This botnet, called Fox8, was managed using ChatGPT technology and consisted of 1,140 accounts. Fake pages created posts and interacted with each other using an AI model. The automatically generated content, in turn, attracted users ' attention and redirected them to cryptocurrency sites. Since the program imitated the communication of real people for the benefit of the creators, this may well be regarded as a form of fraud and misinformation.
Researchers believe that Fox8 is just the tip of the iceberg. In their opinion, there are other, more complex campaigns that have not yet been detected.
To search for bots, we used the characteristic phrase "As an AI language model ..." ("As an AI language model..."), which ChatGPT sometimes uses to respond to sensitive or controversial requests. Filippo Mentzer, one of the scientists, stated: "The only reason we noticed this botnet was because of its unreliable disguise."
"The program deceives both the platform and users," Mentzer explains. Social algorithms, noticing more activity, show posts to more people. This makes the promotion of cryptocurrency platforms fast and convenient. Mentzer also added that governments that would benefit from conducting disinformation campaigns are probably already developing or using similar tools.
William Wang, a professor at the University of California, claims that many spam pages are now generated automatically, and it is increasingly difficult to distinguish them from real ones. In May, his lab developed a mechanism that distinguishes ChatGPT-generated text from human-written text. However, this system requires a lot of money and is constantly becoming outdated due to the rapid development of artificial intelligence. "It's a kind of cat-and-mouse game," he said.
Interestingly, X became a particularly fertile ground for such botnets after Elon Musk acquired it. Despite promises to eliminate fraudulent activity, it has only increased, and it has become more difficult to investigate the problem due to the growing cost of the platform's API.
