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title: "Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence"
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summary: "Apate.ai deploys AI agents undercover to get scammed in order to gather fraud intelligence, rather than using them to ship products faster or speed up workflows."
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# Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

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**Published:** 2026-10-14T18:00:00.000Z
**Category:** Agents
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

Apate\.ai deploys AI agents undercover to get scammed in order to gather fraud intelligence, rather than using them to ship products faster or speed up workflows\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/apate-sends-ai-agents-undercover-to-get-scammed-so-they-can-gather-fraud-intelligence/>)