SINGAPORE - As students and workers harness generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for their studies and work, so, too, have crooks.

Underground forums are selling modified versions of ChatGPT that circumvent safety filters to generate scam content, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said in its Singapore Cyber Landscape report for 2023, published on July 30.

FraudGPT and WormGPT, two modified versions of OpenAI’s chatbot, have been reportedly sold to more than 3,000 customers globally since July 2023, raising fears that generative AI could herald a wave of cyber attacks, scams and falsehoods.

FraudGPT is marketed on the Dark Web as a tool to learn how to hack, and write malware and malicious code. WormGPT was developed to circumvent ChatGPT’s guard rails, such as prohibition against the generation of phishing e-mails or writing malware code.

Roughly 13 per cent of phishing scams in 2023 analysed by CSA showed signs that they were likely made with AI.

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