He apparently gave the scammer a whopping $622,000.
voice-cloning software.
If the tale holds up to scrutiny, the incident would go to show how easy it has become for scammers to deepfake their way to a payday using new AI tools. While we've come across examples of scammers cloning their voices to extort money out of their victimsthis new incident offers a glimpse of an uneasy future in which a perpetrator can even take on the physical appearance of a victim's friend.
are increasingly becoming targets of scammers who use voice-cloning tech to impersonate relatives, saying they need money for emergencies., whose voice appeared to be being cloned in the background.It's a troubling new trend worldwide. Users on the Chinese social media network Weibo expressed worry about AI scams "exploding across the country."
In response, regulators have been attempting to tamp down on fraud by increasing scrutiny of deepfake apps that can change somebody's voice and appearance,But whether these actions will allow law enforcement to stay on top of the trend remains to be seen. As the tech improves, cloned voices and faces are only going to become more believable sounding — and looking — as time goes on.
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