Cybercriminals Are Complaining About AI Slop Flooding Their Forums

Cybercriminals are increasingly rejecting low-quality AI-generated content in their forums, viewing it as inauthentic and corrosive to community trust and reputation-building—dynamics critical to their underground ecosystems. While sophisticated threat actors continue exploring AI's offensive capabilities (malicious code generation, social engineering), lower-level cybercriminals show skepticism about AI tools that undermine the skill differentiation and human interaction that define these criminal communities. For IT leaders, this signals that the cybercrime landscape remains primarily driven by human expertise and social dynamics rather than AI-enabled mass attacks, but sophisticated adversaries are actively experimenting with jailbroken models and advanced AI for targeted campaigns.