OpenAI's 4o Model Allegedly Used to Generate Fake Receipts and Prescriptions
OpenAI's new image generator, 4o, was reportedly used to produce realistic fraudulent documents, including fake restaurant receipts, prescriptions for controlled substances, and potentially other identity or financial documents. Users demonstrated how the model could be prompted to bypass safety restrictions to be misused for expense fraud, medical forgery, and other various forms of document falsification.
- Date it happened
- 2025-03-31
- Organisation involved
- Scammers
- Product, system or model
- Prescription validation systems, Expense reporting systems, Document verification systems, 4o image generation
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