It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes

Re:It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes by Teever on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @08:49PM (#35255127)

Imagine an AI voice of Trump that phones lonely old people to thank them for coming to his rally. After 20 minutes of small talk he asks them to donate to his campaign via bitcoin...

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Re:It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes by shakna on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @08:56PM (#35255192)

Even simpler. Have the voice give them a short onboarding call, but then have it regularly call them again using reverse charging, and then chat with them. Convince them that they've formed a friendship.

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Re:It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes by smitty1e on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @08:53PM (#35255157)

Lonely old people sophisticated enough to do bitcoin?

Color me skeptical.

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Re:It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes by smithcoin on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:24PM (#35255450)

They get conned into sending money from Bitcoin ATMs[0]

[0] https://www.atmmarketplace.com/news/elderly-michigan-couple-...

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Re:It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes by hotpotamus on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:24PM (#35255454)

I'd imagine an AI could quite patiently walk them through how to set it up and link their bank accounts. Honestly, it could be really helpful for tech support.

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Re:It’s Game over on Vocal Deepfakes by andreareina on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @09:49PM (#35255669)

I know at least a couple. Doesn't take much sophistication with all the hype the last few years and different apps making it easy. It's essentially as easy as using any other mobile payment tech e.g. mpesa or alipay

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