Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social): If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean th
Urges general audience to improve personal security practices due to increased AI-powered threats.
AI Summary
Ethan Mollick warns that AI advancements are making sophisticated phishing and social engineering attacks easier and cheaper to deploy at scale.
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If you haven’t made sure to turn on two-factor authentication on all accounts, have passwords with family in case you get voice calls asking for money, etc, now would be a good time. AI gains mean the costs of mass targeting individuals with very sophisticated attacks are dropping.
