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Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam 'hundreds of thousands of victims' sued by Google
Summary
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a span of two
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