An American woman believes her daughter's voice was cloned and used by a scammer to dupe her into paying ransom. Read more at straitstimes.com.
In recent months, increasingly controversial use of artificial intelligence has sparked debates worldwide, with voice deepfakes creeping into the music industry.but more alarmingly some scammers are believed to have used the voice-cloning technology to stage even more realistic kidnapping scams.
On Jan 20, the Arizona resident was about to pick up her daughter Aubrey from a dance studio when she received a call from an unknown number. When she picked up the call, she heard yelling and sobbing and “the voice sounded just like Brie’s , the inflection, everything,” Ms DeStefano told CNN. Next, she heard a man telling her that he had her daughter. He warned: “You call the police, you call anybody, I’m gonna pop her something so full of drugs. I’m gonna have my way with her, then drop her off in Mexico, and you’re never going to see her again.”Ms DeStefano ran into the dance studio screaming for help. A woman helped her to call the authorities.
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