The term “Dead Internet Theory” was first used in 2021 on a message board in the depths of the internet. It’s not a hugely auspicious start for a concept that, only 5 years later, would be discussed in mainstream media and academic texts around the world.
The theory asserted that we were approaching a point when the Internet would consist primarily of bot activity and automated content manipulated by algorithmic curation. And what might that mean for online crime, fraud and scams? Dr Shlomit Wagman explains.
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Not so long ago, creating a deepfake of a person was quite the technological feat involving videographers, SFX specialists and potentially even actors.
Today, there’s multiple applications that will do all that work for you in a matter of minutes - so long as you can input some social media content, a video clip or an audio recording or two.
Which makes identity theft and online scams much easier to pull off. In this episode of Collared we explore how AI is shifting our perception of reality and the landscape of fraud.