ChatGPT, as we know, is Generative Pre-trained Transformer chatbot powered by AI. It can comprehend and generate natural language or human text. It has been trained on large amount of text data and uses an algorithm known as Transformer. It knows how to generate text that is similar to human conversation. It is called ‘the smartest chatbot ever made.’ It has the ability to generate human-like responses to prompts. It could be used for customer service, generating responses to queries online, creating personalised content.

There are however, security concerns. Cybercriminals could leverage this tool to create phishing emails. They could exploit the code, e.g. by changing the user input or by adapting the output generated.

There is further threat of others media being used for nefarious purposes, e.g. audio, video and other forms of media.

Data processing engines could be refined to emulate ChatGPT. These engines could be used to generate malicious content.

ChatGPT technology could be scaled up and could be automated. It is a potential threat. There are no official ChatGPT APIs now. There are only community created offerings. These could be used to create and personalise malicious web pages. Phishing campaign can be precisely targeted. There could be social engineering abuses. This will not remain restricted to the English speaking audience. ChatGPT will expand it beyond English speaking territory.

Being alert of unsolicited communications, links, attachments is the way out to steer clear of these threats.