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Azucena Salazar

The 3-Second Scam: How AI Fakes a Loved One's Voice on WhatsApp and Telegram

This illustration image created on June 9, 2023, shows a smartphone recording in front of a voice cloning screen in Los Angeles. The biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to blur the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals a cheap and effective technology to exploit. In a new breed of scams that has rattled US authorities, fraudsters are using strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools -- widely and cheaply available online -- to steal from people by impersonating family members. (Credit: Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

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