This is horrible. (via futurism)
"We were sucked in. We were convinced that we were talking to Brandon."Ruthless scammers are always looking for the next big con, and they might've found it: using AI to imitate your loved ones over the phone.
The couple withdrew the maximum of 3,000 Canadian dollars at one bank and went to another for more. Fortunately, a vigilant bank manager flagged them down and warned them that another customer had gotten a similar phone call that sounded like it was from a loved one — but it turned out the voice had been faked.Not all were as lucky. The 39-year-old Benjamin Perkin toldhow his elderly parents were swindled out of thousands of dollars with the help of an AI impersonator.
This convinced them. When the lawyer later called back asking for CAD $21,000, his parents went to the bank and sent the money through BitCoin.
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