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Oct 2023
52m 46s

AI and Scams: What You Should Know

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This week, we are bringing you a very special episode about a new development in the tech world that threatens to make things much easier for criminals – artificial intelligence. AI is already being used to supercharge the common grandparent and imposter scams because it's relatively cheap and easy to clone a person's voice and make it say whatever you want. We use examples with Bob's own voice to show you how it's being done and what to look out for.

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