Senators Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent letters to leading American leaders. artificial intelligence On Thursday morning, the companies demanded information on how they deal with AI fraud.
Letterssent to Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Perplexity and xAI, asking the companies to share details about their efforts to prevent scammers from using their services.
Among other requests, the letters ask about companies' systems for tracking potential cases of fraud or scams using their platforms, measures to authenticate users and how companies already cooperate with the government to combat fraud.
“As artificial intelligence advances, fraud will continue to grow in complexity, frequency, and impact,” the senators wrote in the letter. “In the early stages of fraud, criminals can use generative artificial intelligence to quickly identify and then gather details about their targets, allowing them to create tailored fraud schemes.”
“Once attackers are armed with information such as addresses, account numbers and dates of birth, they can more realistically impersonate a victim's bank, government agency, or even a family member in an attempt to gain control of accounts or induce fraudulent payments,” they continued.
Many experts say generative A.I. ushering in a new wave of fraudas free-to-use artificial intelligence tools allow non-experts to create more and better fake documents, phone calls, and websites than ever before. Fraud using artificial intelligence is growing in a variety of areas, from business expenses And judicial system To social media platforms.
Before today's era of artificial intelligence, a scammer would have to hire a web developer or have the technical skills needed to create a fraudulent website designed to imitate genuine, trustworthy website. Now, Lots of consumer-facing AI tools allow users to create realistic interactive websites in minutes using basic instructions in English.
Although these scams often targeted at older Americanswho lose several billion dollars annually due to fraud, wider Deloitte report from last year found that generative artificial intelligence could cause fraud losses in America to reach $40 billion by 2027.
The senators additionally asked companies to detail their strategies and investments in preventing fraud, as well as the steps companies take to prevent the disclosure of sensitive customer information. Senators asked the companies to respond by January 14.
Hassan did fraud at the center of her tenure as the ranking Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, which brings together members of the House and Senate to address economic issues.
At the end of September Hawley who focused on AI policy in recent months, introduced a new bill this would allow AI systems to be classified as products, opening up AI companies to liability claims from users when their AI systems cause harm.
The letter, released Thursday, adds to the federal government's growing efforts to prevent artificial intelligence fraud. Recently Proposed Bill Reps. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, and Neil Dunn, a Florida Republican, will update fraud penalties and felony definitions to account for the rise of AI.
