US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

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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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Soooo... holdup.

  1. Take out kidnapping insurance
  2. Go to mexico
  3. Get "kidnapped"
  4. Run the scam with your fancy schmancy ai
  5. Get pay out and get "rescued"

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

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