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Budget and the Bees
Budget and the Bees
Evan Morgan

The 5-Second Voice Clip: Why Posting Videos of Your Kids This Week Just Gave AI Scammers Their Voice Signature

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AI voice cloning scams are targeting a lot of people online, including children – Pexels

Parents love sharing quick videos of birthday songs, soccer wins, and funny backseat conversations. But a growing cybersecurity warning is changing how experts view those harmless clips. Today’s AI tools can clone a person’s voice from only a few seconds of clear audio, and children’s voices are no exception. That means the cute video you posted this week could unintentionally hand scammers something valuable: a usable voice signature.

Five Seconds Can Be Enough for AI Voice Scams

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