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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

L1 · CuriousIndustry & Business@emollick.bsky.social· 10/12/2026

Urges general audience to improve personal security practices due to increased AI-powered threats.

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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.

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