{"id":240322,"date":"2026-05-06T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:10:07","slug":"cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybercriminals Are Complaining About AI Slop Flooding Their Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybercriminals Are Complaining About AI Slop Flooding Their Forums<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cybercriminals-are-complaining-about-ai-slop-flooding-their-forums\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-06 11:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.wired.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The complaint sounds<\/span> familiar. \u201cI\u2019m disappointed that you are working to incorporate AI garbage into the site,\u201d one annoyed person, posting anonymously, said in an online message. \u201cNo-one is asking for this\u2014we want you to improve the site, stop charging for new features.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only, this is not a regular internet user moaning about AI being forced into their favorite app. Instead, they are complaining about a cybercrime forum\u2019s plans to introduce more generative AI. Like millions of others, scammers, grifters, and low-level hackers are getting annoyed about AI encroaching into their lives and the rise of low-quality AI slop being posted in their online communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t like it,\u201d says Ben Collier, a security researcher and senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. As part of a recent study into how low-level cybercriminals are using AI, Collier and fellow researchers spotted an increasing pushback over the use of generative AI in underground cybercrime forums and hacking groups.<\/p>\n

During the generative AI boom and hype cycles of the past couple of years, some people posting on hacking forums have moved from being positive about how AI can help hacking to a greater skepticism about the technology, according to the study, which also involved researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Strathclyde.<\/p>\n

The researchers analyzed 97,895 AI-related conversations on cybercrime forums since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 until the end of last year. They found complaints about people dumping \u201cbullet-pointed explainers\u201d of basic cybersecurity concepts, moaning about the number of low quality posts, and concerns about Google\u2019s AI search overviews driving down the number of visitors to the forums.<\/p>\n

For decades cybercrime message boards and marketplaces, often Russian in origin, have allowed scammers to do business together. They are places where stolen data can be traded, hacking jobs are advertised, and fraudsters shitpost about…<\/p>\n

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