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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Nick Forbes

Educating people about life-like AI can help prevent ‘devastating’ scams – study

AI-generated voices are becoming increasingly sophisticated (Lauren Hurley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Educating people about how life-like AI voices have become can help protect them against “devastating” scams, a study has claimed.

Researchers at Abertay University found short messages explaining AI’s ability to convincingly replicate regional accents and dialects can “significantly” reduce listeners’ tendency to assume voices are human.

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