HONG KONG: Scammers tricked a multinational firm out of some US$26mil (RM126mil) by impersonating senior executives using deepfake technology, Hong Kong police said Sunday (Feb 4), in one of the first cases of its kind in the city.
Law enforcement agencies are scrambling to keep up with generative artificial intelligence, which experts say holds potential for disinformation and misuse - such as deepfake images showing people mouthing things they never said.
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