
Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, stated at the Eastern Economic Forum that scammers are defrauding young Russians through dating services using AI bots that imitate real users and lure them into sending money or gifts.
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Fraudsters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to automate scams, including creating fake profiles on dating services.
Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank, stated at the Eastern Economic Forum that scammers are defrauding young Russians through dating services, RIA Novosti reports.
Kuznetsov specified that scammers use special bots to engage users in communication.
"Young people—engagement occurs mainly through gaming chats and dating services, with communication on dating platforms taking place not with real criminals, but with 'lothario bots' and 'heartbreaker bots,'" he warned.
The expert added that fraudsters use artificial intelligence to create bots and set up accounts for them on dating services. Such AI programs are capable of responding to those interested in their profiles or initiating messages to users, coaxing them into sending expensive gifts or transferring funds.

Investigators questioned more than 120 people as part of the investigation into the disappearance of the Usoltsev family in Kuturchinsky Belogorye, TASS reports citing the prosecutor's office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Earlier, legal scholar Ivan Solovyov noted the absence of traces of the family in the taiga and suggested a possible connection with the intention to change the country of residence.

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On Lechebnaya Street in eastern Moscow, a fire occurred in an unused building. Emergency Situations Ministry employees localized the fire, but there were no reports of casualties.

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