Seeing older relatives share obvious AI slop —like fake movie posters or martial-arts cats —is mostly just a harmless social media quirk.
Unfortunately, there are much darker applications of AI targeting older adults. According to the FBI’s 2025 IC3 Annual Report, Americans aged 60 and older lost a staggering $7.7 billion to cybercrime — a 60% jump from the previous year. The damage was primarily driven by investment, crypto, tech support, and romance scams.
