AI Is Industrializing "Pig Butchering." Can Dating Apps Still Prove Their Users Are Real?
The San Francisco Standard recently detailed a chilling evolution in the world of digital connection. "Pig butchering" scams, once the domain of low-level scripts, are now being powered by sophisticated generative AI. While the public focus is often on the devastating financial losses of the victims, there is a quieter, equally dangerous crisis unfolding for the dating platforms where these scams begin.