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The UNODC reports that organized crime in Asia is leveraging AI, including generative AI and deepfake technology, to commit cyber fraud and create illicit content. These groups are integrating new technologies into their operations, establishing underground markets, and using cryptocurrency for money laundering.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The UNODC report describes ongoing crimes—fraud, money laundering, forced labor, creation of ultrafake content—explicitly enabled by generative AI systems. These activities have already caused significant financial and human harms. Because AI played a direct and pivotal role in these realized harms, this constitutes an AI Incident.[AI generated]