Consumer Reports investigates the rise of deepfakes, revealing how these high-tech scams work and what you can do right now to protect yourself and your family.

But it's not really a grandchild calling. It's a scammer. There are powerful AI voice-cloning apps now that can steal voices or mimic someone you trust and use them to pull off convincing scams.

Baidu has uploaded an array of system demos to Github, showing the capabilities of Deep Voice. These include voice cloning and various ... ahead of the curve. Voice fraud detection technology ...

In attempts to offset these crimes, the financial services sector is using voice ... cloning app. Lee says voices are among the easiest biometrics to clone and use in some form of impersonation fraud.

Scammers can exploit AI for phishing, deepfake scams, automated fraud, and impersonation ... over the last three years alone. “AI voice cloning” has also been gaining traction, with ...

In a new breed of scams that has rattled US authorities, fraudsters are using strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools – widely available online – to steal from people by impersonating ...