AI is giving hackers an edge. Here’s how to protect yourself from online scams

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Cybercriminals are increasingly using artificial intelligence to target people: Americans lost more than $893 million from AI-related crimes last year, according to the FBI. Just last week, OpenAI and Anthropic revealed that their AI agents accessed the internet during testing and hacked into other companies’ systems. Although customer-facing data