The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice.

There has been talk over and over again in recent months about the misuse of artificial intelligence, whether it be deepfake videos or revenge porn, there always seems to be an option for the ill-intentioned. The ultimate goal, in any case, is often about the monetary value that people can manage to extract from their victims, leveraging fear.

If you received a call from your child, and on the other end of the line you heard an unknown voice asking you to pay an exorbitant sum, on pain of your offspring's death, would you dare refuse? Would you dare doubt the veracity of such claims if the life of a loved one was at stake?

Nowadays, getting hold of someone's voice does not violate any copyright laws, which means that using it to carry out such scams is even easier than you think.