Project claiming to be 'AI-powered' drains $1M from users

As artificial quality (AI) precocious became a trending taxable owed to the capabilities displayed by ChatGPT v4, a task claiming to beryllium an “AI-based” decentralized exertion has taken astir $1 cardinal from its users successful a suspected scam. 

Blockchain information level CertiK has precocious confirmed that Harvest Keeper has stolen astir $933,000 of users’ assets astatine the clip of writing. In addition, users person besides mislaid astir $219,000 from crystal phishing transactions crossed the Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain and Polygon networks according to CertiK. The information steadfast urged users to revoke the permissions they gave the task and warned radical to halt interacting with its website.

Harvest Keeper claimed to beryllium an AI task that “optimizes the trading process for maximum payout” and promised a 4.81% instrumentality connected idiosyncratic deposits. On its website, the level promised a 101% instrumentality connected concern wrong 21 days and an 8% referral reward. The task has astir 30,000 followers connected Twitter and much than 32,000 followers connected its Telegram channel. 

Cointelegraph reached retired to Harvest Keeper for comments but did not get a response.

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Meanwhile, arsenic the ChatGPT hype resurfaced connected Twitter, dozens of accounts claiming to beryllium related to "CryptoGPT" has emerged connected the societal platform. On March 10, a hashtag related to a token task called "CryptoGPT" has gone trending connected Twitter. With it, a fig of akin accounts person emerged, with immoderate advertizing fake giveaways. Dozens of Twitter accounts with a akin sanction person besides plagued the societal level with immoderate offering giveaways and airdrops that are suspected to beryllium fake.

As the newest mentation of ChatGPT showed that it could audit astute contracts connected Ethereum, galore speculated connected whether it could regenerate developers eventually. However, astatine the caller ETHDubai event, blockchain developers expressed that they are assured that the caller iteration of the fashionable AI instrumentality will not regenerate developers but volition assistance them instead.