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NEW YORK — There’s a lot about artificial intelligence that makes life easier, like “Alexa” and autocorrect, but AI is also a tool for scammers.
Sree Sreenivasan, tech expert and co-founder of the digital media agency Digimentors, told CBS New York’s Cindy Hsu about three of the most popular AI scams:
Hsu sent Sreenivasan a one-minute snippet of her reading a book, and he cloned her voice into a complete fake.
“It takes your audio and then allows me to put it on any text, so that you are saying anything I want you to say. In this case, it was you reading or talking about the Gettysburg Address,” he explained.
So how can you protect yourself from getting scammed?
See more of Sreenivasan’s insight on artificial intelligence here.
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First published on November 17, 2023 / 10:50 AM EST
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