https://news.yahoo.com/trust-ears-ai-voice-scams-012041873.html
'The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real — an American mother heard
her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl
was an AI clone and the abduction was fake.
The biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to
demolish the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals a
cheap and effective technology to propagate disinformation.
In a new breed of scams that has rattled US authorities, fraudsters are using
strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools — widely available online — to
steal from people by impersonating family members.
"Help me, mom, please help me," Jennifer DeStefano, an Arizona-based mother,
heard a voice saying on the other end of the line.
DeStefano was "100 percent" convinced it was her 15-year-old daughter in deep
distress while away on a skiing trip.
"It was never a question of who is this? It was completely her voice... it was
the way she would have cried," DeStefano told a local television station in
April.
"I never doubted for one second it was her."
The scammer who took over the call, which came from a number unfamiliar to
DeStefano, demanded up to $1 million.
The AI-powered ruse was over within minutes when DeStefano established contact
with her daughter. But the terrifying case, now under police investigation,
underscored the potential for cybercriminals to misuse AI clones.'
Via geoff goodfellow and Dave Farber.
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
