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Using AI to Foil Online Dating Scams

Matchcom fake profilePHYS.ORG - Feb 12 - Dating apps and sites could soon use computing algorithms that 'think' like humans to pinpoint fake profiles. Algorithms with this capability have been developed as part of wide-ranging research into combating online fraud led by the University of Warwick and funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The new algorithms have been designed specifically to understand what fake dating profiles look like. When tested, the algorithms produced a very low false-positive rate (the number of genuine profiles mistakenly flagged up as fake) of ~1%.

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Feb 14, 2019 |

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