What’s worse than AI taking your job? A bot offering you one

In early March, Deepa Rao received a seemingly innocuous message from an unknown number on WhatsApp saying ‘Hi, how are you?’ To Rao’s query asking ‘Sorry, who is this?’, she was told “Hello! I’m Shamika, a recruiter at Flypside Global Services India Pvt Ltd. I would like to offer you a job. Can you give me 5 minutes of your time to discuss more about the job details?’

The Chennai-based professional was immediately on the alert having seen posts on social media detailing such recruitment frauds led by AI chatbots trained on large…