{"id":161739,"date":"2025-11-27T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/161739\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T02:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T02:46:08","slug":"consider-this-from-npr-npr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/161739\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider This from NPR : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764211568_838_\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4800x2700+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F60%2Fca%2Fa61a5a1443ddaa76f52a2d31f0c4%2F617fce45-3941-4545-8042-276c0752895a.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"a photo illustration depicts someone working at a laptop computer, perhaps using technology to fend off cybercrime\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">By the midpoint of 2025, the U.S. was on track to set a new yearly record in the number of reported data breaches.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That\u2019s according to data compiled by the Identity Theft Resource Center.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One reason is the proliferation of artificial intelligence, which has made the work of criminal hackers easier, cheaper and scalable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">What does that mean for the rest of us?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cooper Katz McKim dove deep into the world of AI-supercharged crime for NPR\u2019s daily economics podcast The Indicator, and introduces us to what he\u2019s found.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Listen to the Indicator\u2019s Vice Week<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/06\/nx-s1-5561881\/fighting-ai-with-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fighting AI with AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/07\/nx-s1-5563884\/whats-supercharging-data-breaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What\u2019s supercharging data breaches?<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/08\/nx-s1-5553663\/when-cartels-start-to-diversify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">When cartels start to diversify<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/09\/nx-s1-5562031\/how-ai-might-mess-with-financial-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How AI might mess with financial markets<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/10\/nx-s1-5567929\/scam-compounds-sewing-patterns-and-stolen-dimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scam compounds, sewing patterns and stolen dimes<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> plus.npr.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/11\/26\/nx-s1-5619270\/mailto:considerthis@npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">considerthis@npr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This episode was produced by Connor Donevan. It was edited by Kate Concannon and Patrick Jarenwattananon. It features additional reporting by Darien Woods. 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