Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams rattle US

A smartphone recording in front of a voice cloning screen in Los Angeles. The biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals a cheap and effective technology to exploit. In a new breed of scams that has rattled US authorities, fraudsters are using strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools – widely and cheaply available online – to steal from people by impersonating family members. — AFP

WASHINGTON: 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.