Mother in Arizona Received Fake Ransom Call Featuring AI Voice of Her Daughter

January 20, 2023

An Arizona mother fell victim to a ransom call that utilized AI voice synthesis, claiming to be her daughter in distress. Upon confirming her daughter's safety, it was determined the voice was fake. This incident underscores the importance of trustworthy and safe AI practices.

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Alleged deployer: unknown-scammers
Alleged developer: unknown
Alleged harmed parties: jennifer-destefano, destefanos-family

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/537

Data source

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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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