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FBI Launches Operation Riptide as AI-Enabled Fraud Concerns Grow

FBI officials unveil Operation Riptide, a nationwide cybercrime crackdown amid growing concerns over AI-driven and online fraud threats.

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.

“AI Helped FBI Rescue 6,300 Missing Kids, Arrest 2,000 Abusers”: Kash Patel

FBI Director Kash Patel has credited AI tools for helping the agency locate 6,300 missing children and arrest 2,000 accused abusers over the past year.

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.

Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Attack on Sam Altman’s House

Police have charged accused Daniel Moreno-Gama for the attempted murder of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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,