Google Sues Chinese Scammers Using Gemini AI For Fraud
The company is also promoting legislation to fight the potential of AI to create 'massive' scams.
Steve Dent for Engadget
Google sued a Chinese cybercrime network for using its Gemini AI to perpetuate a "massive" scam operation, the company announced. The search giant has coordinated with the FBI, along with carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon to dismantle the operation. Google is also advocating for updated laws to deal with AI-driven attacks, saying the technology has the potential to "supercharge" threats.
"This is our first coordinated effort and lawsuit and that speaks to the breadth of impact that this particular scam has," Google's general counsel DeLaine Prado told The New York Times in an interview.
In its lawsuit, Google accused a Chinese organization called Outsider Enterprise of employing its technology and brand to commit fraud, requesting a restraining order so that the network can be shut down. The group allegedly...
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