The Threat of AI Crimes Are Under-Appreciated

Published on May 4, 2026 11:25 AM GMTI recently published a research project on what I call the AI Criminal Mastermind, an AI agent that plans, facilitates and coordinates a crime by on-boarding human 'taskers'. In heist films, a criminal mastermind is a character who plans a criminal act, coordinating a team of specialists to rob a bank, casino or city mint. I argue that AI agents will soon play this role by hiring humans via labour hire platforms like Fiverr, Upwork or RentAHuman.The Responsib...