Last month, we saw yet another striking example of how generative AI can be exploited for ill, when someone used ChatGPT to create a fake lunch receipt that looked entirely legitimate at first glance.
For anyone working in finance and HR, it was a warning shot. Submitted to a real organisation, many busy finance teams might have processed it without blinking, inadvertently reimbursing a false claim.
Maybe they did. Or maybe others have, and we don’t know it yet. It raises an important question: are we entering an era where employees can exploit generative AI for personal financial gain?
Expense fraud is hardly new. It’s as old as organised work itself; from the days of ancient Egypt, where historians believe some foremen inflated rations for phantom workers, to modern-day exaggerated mileage claims and fictitious client lunches. But AI introduces a level of realism, scale and speed we haven’t faced before....