The Emerging Threat of Unlawful AI Usage: A Comprehensive Content Analysis in Bangladesh and Worldwide

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed life but raises the issues of misuse. This indicates its ‎duality, particularly in criminal activities. The primary purpose of this study is to provide an ‎understanding of the various dynamics (nature, scope, classifications, threats, vulnerabilities, and ‎explanations) of unlawful use of AI. This study follows qualitative method and uses secondary data. ‎The data are gathered using a systematic approach to the literature and the different sources, like peer-‎reviewed articles, books, reports, websites, newspapers, etc. As AI systems grow more complex and ‎embedded in critical infrastructures, the systems become vulnerable to manipulation and exploitation. ‎Malicious actors, such as cyber criminals, exploit these weaknesses and threaten the reliability and ‎efficiency of AI with employing it as both an intentional and unintentional tool of crime. The illicit ‎use of AI leads to new forms of criminal activity and strengthen existing cybercrimes through ‎deepfakes, deception, manipulation, malware development, and automation of illicit tasks. This study ‎has found various unlawful applications, increase the risks across physical and digital domains and ‎make the user’s information vulnerable. Initiating proper mitigation strategies, strengthening ‎regulatory frameworks, and international cooperation can be instrumental in strengthening digital ‎ecosystems to prevent misuse of AI. This measures also can reduce victimization, and can ensure ‎safer integration of AI technologies