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George Burruss and team receive funding to develop AI chatbot for older adults worried about cybercrime

George Burruss

George Burruss founded and directs the Cybercrime Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Laboratory.

George Burruss, PhD, professor and associate chair in the Department of Criminology, and colleagues from the School of Information—Loni Hagan, PhD; Ly Dinh, PhD; and Lingyaa Li, PhD—have received a $14,000 grant from Cyber Florida to develop an AI chatbot designed to assist older adults who have experienced or are concerned about cybercrime.

Students from the Department of Criminology's Cybercrime Interdisciplinary Behavioral Research Laboratory are helping to train the chatbot using validated information on cybersecurity best practices and victimology.

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