中英双语 用AI追踪杀猪盘 科技向善

Since October, Xiaoyuan has spent hours chatting with hundreds of potential suitors on multiple dating apps. But the profile, which appears to be a 28-year-old woman, isn't there to find romance — it's to hunt down scammers swindling people online.

自去年10月以来，“小源”在多个约会软件上与数百名潜在追求者长时间聊天。但这名28岁女性并不是为了寻找爱情，而是为了在网上追捕骗子。

Xiaoyuan is an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot created by a Shanghai-based programmer who calls himself Turing's Cat in a reference to an imaginary furry friend of English computer scientist Alan Turing. The 27-year-old told Sixth Tone that he designed a young and attractive female chatbot to “fool scammers and distract them from scamming people.”

“小源”是一款由人工智能驱动的聊天机器人，发明者是上海的一名程序员，他自称“图灵的猫”，这是英国计算机科学家图灵虚构的一个毛茸茸的朋友。27岁的“图灵的猫”在接受《第六声》采访时表示，他设计了一个年轻迷人的女性聊天机器人，目的是“欺骗骗子，分散他们的骗人注意力。”

“Fraudsters are becoming more knowledgeable and sophisticated,” the programmer said using the pseudonym, fearing retaliation. “They can easily engage with the well-educated by talking about films and philosophy, and even coding. I'm curious to see if AI can trick fraudsters.”

“骗子变得越来越有知识，越来越老练，”这名程序员由于担心遭到报复，采用了化名。“通过谈论电影和哲学，甚至是编程，他们可以很容易地与受过良好教育的人交流。我很好奇人工智能能否骗过骗子。”

As more Chinese become connected to the internet, online fraud has become widespread across the country, particularly on dating and other social apps, with victims ranging from the elderly to singles losing hefty sums of money. In 2021, public security organs nationwide cracked over 394,000 telecom and online fraud cases and arrested more than 630,000 suspects, though many criminal gangs have shifted operations to Southeast Asian countries amid a growing crackdown at home.

随着越来越多的中国人上网，网络欺诈在全国范围内变得普遍，尤其是在约会和其他社交应用程序上，受害者从老年人到单身人士，大家都损失了巨额资金。2021年，全国公安机关共破获电信和网络诈骗案件39.4万余起，抓获犯罪嫌疑人63万余人，但随着国内打击力度加大，许多犯罪团伙已将活动地点转移到东南亚国家。

However, such online fraud operations are still rampant. Turing's Cat said he has managed to report dozens of suspicious scammers operating from unknown locations to anti-fraud authorities over a two-month period with Xiaoyuan's assistance.

然而，此类网络欺诈行为依然猖獗。“图灵的猫”表示，在“小源”的帮助下，在两个月的时间里，他已经成功向反欺诈部门报告了数十个来自未知地点的可疑骗子。

In December, the programmer also posted chat logs between a scammer and Xiaoyuan on video streaming site Bilibili, illustrating how the chatbot seamlessly engaged in conversations initiated by the man after they moved their chat from a dating app to messaging platform WeChat. There, they talked about topics ranging from the literary classic “The Great Gatsby” to metaverse startups seeking funding.

去年12月，该程序员还在视频网站哔哩哔哩上发布了一名骗子和“小源”的聊天记录，展示了这个聊天机器人如何在从约会应用软件转移到即时通讯平台微信后，无缝地参与到该男子发起的对话中。在微信上，他们谈论的话题从文学经典《了不起的盖茨比》到寻求融资的元宇宙初创公司。

To show his devotion to Xiaoyuan, the man even transferred 520 yuan ($75), but eventually failed to convince the chatbot to participate in a “high-return investment.” The scammer then blocked Xiaoyuan after not being able to retrieve his money. The programmer later donated the sum to a charity.

为了表示对“小源”的真爱，这名男子甚至给小元打了520元（合75美元），但最终未能说服聊天机器人参与“高回报投资”。骗子在无法取回钱后，将“小源”拉黑。“图灵的猫”后来将这笔钱捐给了一家慈善机构。

“While one scammer can chat with up to a dozen people at the same time, AI has no upper limit,” Turing's Cat said. “As long as the server is powerful enough, it can chat with thousands of scammers at the same time. Even if the scammers soon find out they are chatting with AI, it takes up time that they would have spent approaching real people, and thus reduces the probability of other victims being scammed.”

“图灵的猫”说:“一个骗子可以同时和十几个人聊天，而人工智能没有上限。”“只要服务器足够强大，它可以同时与数千名骗子聊天。即使骗子很快发现他们在和人工智能聊天，这也会占用他们接触真人的时间，从而降低其他受害者被骗的概率。”