The police said the perpetrator used AI-powered face-swapping technology to impersonate a friend of the victim during a video call and receive 4.3 million yuan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – A fraud in northern China that used sophisticated “deepfake” technology to convince a man to transfer money to a supposed friend has sparked concern about the potential of artificial intelligence techniques to aid financial crimes.
Police in the city of Baotou, in the province of Inner Mongolia, said the perpetrator used AI-powered face-swapping technology to impersonate a friend of the victim during a video call and receive a transfer of 4.3 million yuan . The man only realised he had been duped after the friend expressed ignorance of the situation, the police added, saying they had recovered most of the stolen funds and were working to trace the rest.
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