The FBI has launched Operation Riptide, a nationwide cybercrime crackdown. The effort comes as law-enforcement agencies face growing concerns over AI-related fraud and online scams.
FBI Launches Operation Riptide as AI-Enabled Fraud Concerns Grow
The FBI has launched Operation Riptide, a nationwide cybercrime crackdown. The effort comes as law-enforcement agencies face growing concerns over AI-related fraud and online scams.
FBI Director Kash Patel says the agency has made AI its “centrifugal force,” crediting the technology with a 30% jump in missing children recoveries and the arrest of 2,000 accused abusers in the past year. The FBI has partnered with OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and Palantir, among others.
The attack on Sam Altman’s house and office in San Francisco might be treated as an act of domestic terrorism, said officials investigating the case,