{"id":11409,"date":"2023-09-04T08:37:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/04\/the-chilling-rise-of-ai-scams-podcast\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T08:37:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:37:26","slug":"the-chilling-rise-of-ai-scams-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/04\/the-chilling-rise-of-ai-scams-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"The chilling rise of AI scams \u2013 podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criminals are cloning voices and making calls to trick victims into sending them money. How can they be stopped?<\/p>\n

Jennifer DiStefano<\/strong>, a mother of four, got a call one day from an unknown number. Two of her children were off snowboarding, so she picked up, worried that one of them might have been injured. It was her daughter Bree, screaming, crying and pleading for help. A man came on the line and told DiStefano that he had kidnapped her daughter and that if she didn\u2019t pay up, he would kill her.<\/p>\n

DiStefano was terrified, but her fear and horror was the only real thing about that phone call. Bree had not been kidnapped, she was with her brother, safe. Instead, scammers had used AI to replicate Bree\u2019s voice so accurately that her own mother could not recognise the difference \u2013 and they were using it to try to extort money from DiStefano.<\/p>\n

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\nCriminals are cloning voices and making calls to trick victims into sending them money. How can they be stopped?
\nJennifer DiStefano, a mother of four, got a call one day from an unknown number. Two of her children were off snowboarding, so she picked up, worried that one of them might have been injured. It was her daughter Bree, screaming, crying and pleading for help. A man came on the line and told DiStefano that he had kidnapped her daughter and that if she didn\u2019t pay up, he would kill her.
\nDiStefano was terrified, but her fear and horror was the only real thing about that phone call. Bree had not been kidnapped, she was with her brother, safe. Instead, scammers had used AI to replicate Bree\u2019s voice so accurately that her own mother could not recognise the difference \u2013 and they were using it to try to extort money from DiStefano. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Criminals are cloning voices and making calls to trick victims into sending them money. How can they be stopped? Jennifer DiStefano, a mother of four, got a call one day from an unknown number. Two of her children were off snowboarding, so she picked up, worried that one of them might have been injured. It …<\/p>\n

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