---
title: "Can artificial intelligence spot spam quicker than humans?"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/can-artificial-intelligence-spot-spam-quicker-than-humans/"
date: "2019-04-02T06:18:14+00:00"
section: "Artificial Intelligence"
tags:
  - "AI"
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Email"
  - "Machine Learning"
  - "ML"
  - "Spam"
source: "information-age.com"
source_url: "https://www.information-age.com/artificial-intelligence-spam-machine-learning-123481368/"
---

# Can artificial intelligence spot spam quicker than humans?

April 2, 2019 · Reported by information-age.com

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> Artificial intelligence can indeed spot spam quicker than humans, but there are limits, says Jan Oetjen from United Internet AG. More than 40 years ago in 1978, a computer vendor in the USA sent the first spam email, but only 20 years later, in the early 2000s, it looked as if spam would finally kill off email altogether.

[Read the full article at information-age.com](https://www.information-age.com/artificial-intelligence-spam-machine-learning-123481368/)

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