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US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam (web.archive.org)

submitted 1 year ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org

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After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

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[–] TruthButtCharioteer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Soooo... holdup.

Take out kidnapping insurance
Go to mexico
Get "kidnapped"
Run the scam with your fancy schmancy ai
Get pay out and get "rescued"

[–] ActuallyRuben@actuallyruben.nl 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're running the scam yourself, why would you even use an AI to mimic yourself?

[–] somniumx@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Your scammers were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should!