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The AI threat costing Americans $16.6 billion a year

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I was fortunate enough to spend several days last week at the Aspen Institute’s Crosscurrent summit on AI and national security in San Francisco. My first takeaway: I very much recommend being in sunny (at the moment, at least) San Francisco rather than slushy, raw New York in early March. The second took a little longer to form. The AI threat costing Americans $16.6 billion a year AI is already a...
The strongest version of this narrative is its focus on the immediate, tangible harms of AI-enabled fraud—a threat that is often overshadowed by more speculative or cinematic risks. The article effectively highlights the scale of the problem, from the $16.6 billion in annual losses to the psychological manipulation of victims, and grounds these concerns in concrete examples, such as North Korean operatives exploiting remote work or deepfake heists. It also acknowledges countermeasures, like AI-d...