AI Voice Scams Mimic Family Members to Steal Money

Artificial Intelligence

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Bobby

·4 years ago

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Scammers are using voices synthesized using AI to mimic the voices of victims’ family members, often over the phone, costing them thousands of dollars 

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They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam.

Listen Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share The man calling Ruth Card sounded just like her grandson Brandon. So when he said he was in jail, with no wallet or cellphone, and needed cash

Nate
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Meta says it has removed 2 million accounts linked to pig butchering scams
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Republican attitudes toward #Artificial Intelligence safety seem to be shifting (or at least opening up), especially when it comes to protecting children from chatbot harms. The FTC’s investigation is a major indicator: we could see new rules or oversight in the near term. But how strict those will be — and how they’ll affect the AI industry — is still unclear. platformer.news/ftc-chatb..
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Scammers are using AI deepfakes to impersonate pastors asking communities for donations. wired.com/story/ai-deepfa..
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AI Deepfakes Are Impersonating Pastors to Try to Scam Their Congregations
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Cyril
An #Artificial Intelligence chatbot out-charmed human scammers, talking nearly half of 22 test subjects into installing an app after a week, versus fewer than one in five for the humans. Running the model through the long trust-building phase and handing off to a person for the final ask slips past vendor safeguards entirely. #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 arstechnica.com/security/..
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AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans.

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