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How GhostGPT Empowers Cybercriminals with Uncensored AI

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January 28, 2025
How GhostGPT Empowers Cybercriminals with Uncensored AI

Need a well-written phishing email but your English is not up to snuff? For a mere $50.00, you can get a chatbot to write malicious code for you. Abnormal Security reports:

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have changed the way we tackle day-to-day tasks, but cybercriminals are twisting that same technology for illegal activities. In 2023, WormGPT made headlines as an uncensored chatbot specifically designed for malicious purposes. Soon after, we started seeing other so-called “variants” pop up, like WolfGPT and EscapeGPT.

Unlike traditional AI models that are constrained by guidelines to ensure safe and responsible interactions, uncensored AI chatbots operate without such guardrails, raising serious concerns about their potential misuse. Most recently, Abnormal Security researchers uncovered GhostGPT, a new uncensored chatbot that further pushes the boundaries of ethical AI use.

… GhostGPT is a chatbot specifically designed to cater to cybercriminals. It likely uses a wrapper to connect to a jailbroken version of ChatGPT or an open-source large language model (LLM), effectively removing any ethical safeguards. By eliminating the ethical and safety restrictions typically built into AI models, GhostGPT can provide direct, unfiltered answers to sensitive or harmful queries that would be blocked or flagged by traditional AI systems.

Read more at Abnormal Security.