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Sarah Spina-Matthews, Catherine Bouris and Noah Secomb

'Big fakes': watchdog warns of rampant AI scam threat

The rise of AI presents multiple risks in the finance sector including more sophisticated scams. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians are being hit with increasingly sophisticated, artificial intelligence-fuelled scams as the online watchdog warns against repeating past mistakes by failing to rein in the technology.

The rise of AI was presenting major risks in the finance sector, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's executive director of enforcement and compliance, Chris Savundra, said.

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