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Cyber● ElevatedOct 13 · Oct 13, 2026, 11:06 AM

AI Is Changing The Nature Of Cybercrime

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from iafrica · south africa · global

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing cybercrime. The tools that can help us work smarter, communicate faster, and solve complex problems can also be exploited to deceive, manipulate, and defraud us on an unprecedented scale. This raises an important question for South Africa: are we ready for a new era of digital deception? The answer cannot [...]

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Cyber

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