AI Advances Fuel Rise of Sophisticated Scams Using Deepfakes and Mimicked Voices
• AI is helping scammers create more sophisticated scams like deepfake audio recordings to manipulate targets
• Criminals only need 3 seconds of audio to mimic someone's voice with 70% accuracy
• Telltale signs of an AI scammer unnatural language, quick responses, lack of empathy
• Deepfake videos are an increasing concern as AI gets better at creating realistic fake videos
• Risk of falling victim to convincing deepfake scams is escalating