Artificial intelligence can now clone a person's voice using just seconds of audio, a capability that scammers are exploiting to perpetrate impostor fraud, according to the University of Cincinnati's Kimberly Hyun. The technology allows fraudsters to mimic loved ones or authority figures convincingly.
This development comes as impostor scams remain one of the most common forms of fraud, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The ease of voice duplication lowers the barrier for criminals, who previously needed more time or access to pull off such schemes.