The stories referenced in this episode

• Hackers use WormGPT to launch BEC attacks
• FraudGPT crafts fraud SMS messages and websites targeting banks
• The Hong Kong deepfake video call fraud, and how cybercrime has "removed the guardrails" on AI
• The Pikesville, Maryland athletic director deepfake audio case
• Researchers show Google's Gemini can be manipulated into leaking system prompts and giving harmful instructions
• Canadian cybersecurity officials on AI being used for hacking and misinformation
• Employees enter sensitive company data into GenAI prompts far more often than they realize
• Malwarebytes overview of AI cybersecurity risks, including virtual-kidnapping voice-clone scams and a documented ChatGPT chat-history leak between users

Further reading on AI and deception generally

• AI systems are learning to lie and deceive, scientists say (Washington Times)
• How smart is AI, really? A comparison to a child's reasoning (Washington Post)

Additional background on how hackers use AI

• 7 ways AI can be used by hackers to steal personal information
• The growing threat: how hackers use AI to attack companies
• Rise of the machines: emerging AI hacking tools

Book referenced

• Practical AI Security: A Hands-On Guide, by Harriet Farlow — see Practical AI Security - Harriet Farlow for full notes. Farlow's "3 D's" framework (Disrupt, Deceive, Disclose) is a useful mental model for sorting any AI security story you encounter: is this attack trying to break the system, trick it into a wrong decision, or leak something private?

Free practice resources mentioned in the source material (search by name)

• Lakera's Gandalf — a free, gamified way to see prompt manipulation firsthand
• MITRE ATLAS — the public knowledge base of real-world AI attack techniques

Do you assume the worst about someone? Or do you give them the benefit of the doubt regularly? Have you ever considered Hanlon's Razor in light of 1 Corinthians 13? Walk with me through this for a few minutes.

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Read the detailed write-up here: https://truthandtech.org/2026/06/16/hanlons-razor-in-relationships-and-the-benefit-of-the-doubt/