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Asia faces scam ‘epidemic’ threat as gangs exploit agentic AI, cybercrime expert warns

South China Morning Post 21 August 2026 15h ago
Asia faces scam ‘epidemic’ threat as gangs exploit agentic AI, cybercrime expert warns
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Online scam syndicates that rely on trafficked workers, guarded compounds and vast call-centre-style operations could soon become more threatening by exploiting agentic AI to run some fraud operations autonomously, a cybercrime expert has warned. Unlike earlier uses of artificial intelligence to write scripts, translate messages or produce deepfakes, agentic AI systems can carry out multi-step tas
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