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Phone Call Scam in India: Over 45% victims of AI fraud calls lost over Rs 50,000 (in U.S. too)
msn.com/en-in ^ | Danny D'Cruze

Posted on 05/02/2023 4:13:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is fueling a rise in online voice scams, with just three seconds of audio required to clone a person’s voice. A new survey titled 'The Artificial Imposter' was conducted by McAfee with 7,054 people from seven countries, including India. The study shows that 69 per cent of Indians are not confident that they could identify the cloned version of a voice from the real thing, with 47 per cent of Indian adults have experienced or know someone who has experienced some kind of AI voice scam. The cost of falling for an AI voice scam can be significant, with 48 per cent of Indians who lost money saying it cost them over Rs 50,000.

The researchers at McAfee also found more than a dozen AI voice-cloning tools that were freely available on the internet. Some devices require only a basic level of experience and expertise, with just three seconds of audio enough to produce an 85 per cent match. By training the data models, McAfee researchers achieved a 95 per cent voice match based on just a small number of video files.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ai; mcafee

1 posted on 05/02/2023 4:13:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

That’s frightening.


2 posted on 05/02/2023 4:16:14 AM PDT by gattaca (Either you will control your government, or government will control you. Ronald Reagan)
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To: RoosterRedux

I can see anyone collecting a social security check being a target of this scam


3 posted on 05/02/2023 4:17:15 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: gattaca

Yep. There have been cases in the U.S. where a AI-simulated girl calls her mom and tells her she’s been kidnapped.


4 posted on 05/02/2023 4:18:49 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”)
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To: RoosterRedux
a AI-simulated

AN AI simulated girl!!!

Sheesh. That'll grate on my nerves all day. I inserted the term "AI simulated" without changing the indefinite article.

5 posted on 05/02/2023 4:22:53 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”)
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To: RoosterRedux

Grammar Police on patrol.
Making the world safe for an proper English.

;o)


6 posted on 05/02/2023 4:39:52 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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To: super7man

LOL, HER was in trouble.


7 posted on 05/02/2023 4:49:31 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what accou"""nt is he?)
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To: RoosterRedux

“Hi, Dad. It’s me, Sally. I just met the most wonderful young man. He’s a Nigerian Prince. Could you please wire him $500,000 so he won’t behead me?”


8 posted on 05/02/2023 5:00:45 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”)
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To: RoosterRedux

Welcome to the new Bing

Your AI-powered copilot for the web


9 posted on 05/02/2023 5:39:35 AM PDT by gattaca (Either you will control your government, or government will control you. Ronald Reagan)
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To: RoosterRedux

We cannot trust anything that appears in the media, or on a posting, or in a phone call, or on a TV show, or in an email.

AI will be used to make the message appear real, and thousands of people will be taken in by it. Why is it, that the very first major use of AI is for bad, not good? (like fake pictures of Trump in a prison suit).


10 posted on 05/02/2023 5:56:06 AM PDT by I want the USA back (No one is assigned sex at birth. One's sex is noted and recorded. My pronouns Haha, hehe, hoho, hoo )
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To: RoosterRedux

Don’t answer the phone if you don’t know the number, if it’s important, they’ll leave a message.


11 posted on 05/02/2023 5:56:51 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: I want the USA back

That’s the paradox, it’s virtually like not having any information because basically you cannot trust anything you see or hear.


12 posted on 05/02/2023 6:01:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RoosterRedux

I wonder if Jim Browning is up on the AI from scam India?


13 posted on 05/02/2023 6:48:39 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: RoosterRedux

I have an answering machine with Homer’s voice


14 posted on 05/02/2023 6:53:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

You should use Apu’s voice.


15 posted on 05/02/2023 6:54:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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