Our book with Wiley on AI

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Cyber fraud using famous names

 This ad appeared on MSN, Microsoft's news website. I later verified this. See the screenshot below. It appeared directly on Microsoft's site, not on some random website.


The ad claimed that Nandan Nilekani had a novel plan to make Indians rich with the help of AI. When I clicked the ad, it took me to a page that looked identical to the Indian Express news page, apparently targeting innocent investors. I skimmed the content but didn't delve into the details. Later, I noticed the URL in the address bar – it wasn't an Indian Express URL. Read more