The team behind an ‘AI death calculator’ that can predict when you’ll die issued a stark warning for those keen to find out their life expectancy.
Danish researchers unveiled the Life2vec AI chatbot in December. The program can accurately predict not only how long you’ll live but also how rich you’ll be.
Now, a number of copycat apps appear online that appear to be scams, while the original chatbot has not been released to the public.
The team has issued a warning that scammers have created fraudulent websites imitating the chatbot that ‘have nothing to do with us and our work’.
‘So be careful,’ they warn.
They say the original software is private as it contains sensitive data and is stored at Statistics Denmark, so the bot cannot be accessed via the Internet.
On their site, they urge readers to be careful. ‘We are aware of Life2vec social media accounts, and there is at least one fraudulent website,’ they said. ‘We are not affiliated with these or any other entities that claim to use our technology.’
Fraudulent websites may be intended to steal data and other sensitive information, such as email addresses, phone numbers, or credit card details.
They could even be used to spread malware.
Life2vec was created by scientists in Denmark and the US.
They fed data from Danish health and demographic records for six million people who were aged between 35 and 65 into the model.
