{"id":200324,"date":"2026-03-29T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence-shaw-local\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:05:10","slug":"why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence-shaw-local\/","title":{"rendered":"Why scammers love artificial intelligence \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/sauk-valley\/2026\/03\/29\/column-why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence\/\">Why scammers love artificial intelligence \u2013 Shaw Local<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/sauk-valley\/2026\/03\/29\/column-why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/sauk-valley\/2026\/03\/29\/column-why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-29 13:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.shawlocal.com\">www.shawlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AI enables machines to simulate human intelligence, but scammers utilize it extensively to craft sophisticated scams.<\/li>\n<li>A significant portion of spam, phishing, and deepfake content is AI-generated, including impersonation of public figures.<\/li>\n<li>Scammers exploit deepfakes to impersonate individuals and promote fraudulent products.<\/li>\n<li>AI scams often involve imposter roles such as law enforcement impersonations or fraudulent online advertising.<\/li>\n<li>To defend against AI-based scams, it&#8217;s effective to adopt traditional scam prevention strategies: think critically, take time to verify information, consult trusted individuals, and update technology security settings.<\/li>\n<li>Additional tips include updating passwords, managing smartphone settings, refining social media privacy, freezing credit, and deleting unused apps to enhance security.<\/li>\n<li>Individuals are encouraged to report any suspicious scams or frauds to Seniors vs. Crime for further examination and intervention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why scammers love artificial intelligence \u2013 Shaw Local https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/sauk-valley\/2026\/03\/29\/column-why-scammers-love-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-29 13:00:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/resizer\/v2\/PORBO2KYE5HIHFEXJP7RR3GER4.jpg?auth=af3cce6e85d9021d4ed7596ac151f70ba8e16de34e2dc5616d836bbce75768c6&width=1200&height=900&focal=1490%2C1279","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-200324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200326,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200324\/revisions\/200326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}