7 real cases of AI for good and evil this month, from missed heart attacks to a €95M bank scam
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-05
alexverem compiles seven real cases of AI used for good and evil this month: on the good side, AI caught heart attacks that doctors missed; on the evil side, a cloned voice helped scammers take about €95 million from a bank, and an AI character grew to 200k followers in a week. This post indexes the thread; individual cases are detailed in subsequent posts.
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