CETaS Webinar: AI and Serious Online Crime

Explore how AI is reshaping the online criminal landscape in this webinar organised by the Alan Turing Institute’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) featuring Ardi Janjeva (CETaS), Prof Joe Burton (Lancaster University) and Carolyn Ashurst (CETaS). From large-scale fraud and phishing to AI-driven scams and harmful online content, the session unpacks new research from CETaS on how criminals are leveraging automation and advanced tools to innovate and scale illicit activity. The session covers key findings, forward-looking recommendations, and practical steps law enforcement can take over the next five years to strengthen resilience and deploy effective AI countermeasures. This is the third and final session from the CETaS 2025 webinar series also exploring research covering public attitudes to national security data processing and privacy-preserving approaches to tackling illegal online content.