Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up

• Research by Indiana University academics details how bad actors are taking advantage of AI.
• The study found over a thousand of bot accounts promoting scams on X, formerly Twitter. 
• Experts said AI-generated content will further degrade online information if left unchecked. 

ChatGPT has a new job: flooding social media with spam bots and AI-generated content that could further degrade the quality of information on the internet.