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Adding AI to Snapchat might be a disaster

Companies hoping to push AI as a product enhancement should take a step or two of caution as new figures show that it might cost Snapchat a lot of customers.

Searches for ‘delete Snapchat’ exploded 488 per cent as controversial My AI feature is introduced to every account.

Cyber security consultants CloudTech24 found that online interest in the term ‘delete Snapchat’ has skyrocketed over five times the average in the last three months. Searches for ‘how to delete Snapchat account’ have also risen 70 per cent worldwide over the last week, and the hashtag #SnapchatAI currently has over 180 million views on TikTok.

Greater Manchester is a bad area for cybercrime

New research has revealed the areas in England and Wales most susceptible to cybercrime, with Greater Manchester coming out on top.

The study by cyber security experts CloudTech24 found that residents of the Greater Manchester area were most susceptible to cybercrime, with Greater Manchester receiving 1,803 cybercrime reports in the last 13 months, which equates to around 6.33 reports per 10,000 people, the highest of any area.

The most commonly reported types of cybercrime include the hacking of personal information and the hacking of social media or email accounts.