{"id":22219,"date":"2026-03-08T09:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/ai-chatbots-point-vulnerable-social-media-users-to-illegal-online-casinos-analysis-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:37:35","slug":"ai-chatbots-point-vulnerable-social-media-users-to-illegal-online-casinos-analysis-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/ai-chatbots-point-vulnerable-social-media-users-to-illegal-online-casinos-analysis-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks<\/p>\n<p>AI chatbots are recommending illegal online casinos to vulnerable social media users, putting them at increased risk of fraud, addiction and even suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis of five AI products, owned by some of the world\u2019s largest tech companies, found that all could easily be prompted to list the \u201cbest\u201d unlicensed casinos and offer tips on how to use them.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/08\/ai-chatbots-point-vulnerable-to-online-casinos-gambling-addiction-uk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/826f11734a515806b47364da2a1d2be753fa105d\/468_293_2281_1825\/master\/2281.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=867c25216abfdf0f0a4f0292054d359d\" title=\"AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows\" \/>Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks<br \/>\nAI chatbots are recommending illegal online casinos to vulnerable social media users, putting them at increased risk of fraud, addiction and even suicide.<br \/>\nAnalysis of five AI products, owned by some of the world\u2019s largest tech companies, found that all could easily be prompted to list the \u201cbest\u201d unlicensed casinos and offer tips on how to use them. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks AI chatbots are recommending illegal online casinos to vulnerable social media users, putting them at increased risk of fraud, addiction and even suicide. Analysis of five AI products, owned by some &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/08\/ai-chatbots-point-vulnerable-social-media-users-to-illegal-online-casinos-analysis-shows\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22219"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}