Canadian Parents Tricked out of Thousands Using Their Son's AI Voice

January 11, 2023

Canadian residents fell victim to a scam where an anonymous caller employed AI voice synthesis to mimic their son's voice, posing as his lawyer to extract fees. Such incidents underscore the importance of safe and secure AI practices and the need for responsible AI governance. For those interested in shaping Project Cerebellum's efforts to establish guardrails for AI and prevent harm through its AI incident database, JOIN US. This incident serves as a powerful example of how incidents mapped through HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern) can lead to meaningful advancements in trustworthy AI.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.658, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.650, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 1.2 — similarity 0.648, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: unknown
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: ben-perkin's-parents, perkins-family

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/492

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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