Great flag. In our prior paper on email phishing, we show how AI models are more cost-efficient than even scammers in lower-income countries (https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00586).
Voice phishing is improving quickly, but a Philippine worker (say earning $2/hour) would still be more profitable than the AI voice models, but I expect that to change in the coming years.
Scammers are not paying US wages. It’s usually call centres in the Philippines or something.
Great flag. In our prior paper on email phishing, we show how AI models are more cost-efficient than even scammers in lower-income countries (https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00586).
Voice phishing is improving quickly, but a Philippine worker (say earning $2/hour) would still be more profitable than the AI voice models, but I expect that to change in the coming years.