AI-backed Deepfake Impersonations Are
Getting Harder to Detect, FBI Warns

AI is making it worse, but by now the whole world should know that you never send money to someone on the phone or an email threatening you with something awful. Same with the 'Your computer is locked' scam' Maybe some people can't be helped.

Common sense question… .. Why is anyone surprised by this? And it is only going to get worse. I avoid AI whenever I can, especially the little voices coming onto my phone wanting to chat with me. Gheesh…just go away. I told Siri once to just shut up and she came back with “Well, what did I do to deserve that?”

Seems obvious we are in danger of completely losing control of AI and other advanced computer tech that allows and even encourages mass-market, life-realistic emulations and simulations, before it overwhelms us all and irreparably damages social and cultural stability. It's hard to even imagine the potential for impacting the mental health, judgement, and trust of the public, and resulting behaviors that can be, e.g., targeted at populations. But that train has probably already left. We've gone from just telling lies to creating ones that walk, talk and almost literally breathe whatever deception is desired. The media hasn't done the world any favors with its giddy coverage of the tech without very serious, thoughtful and public "equal-time" attention to the warnings from the "wizards" at the top of the game. Those who are about to do evil or cause harm will usually tell you first, if you just pay attention. You have to hunt for "fringe" publications and accessible interviews from those individuals to get the full flavor of the downside. That all works to the advantage of the corporate media, who are always looking for a story, and an edge, even if means doing a little "faking" of their own. They are not above starting the snowball themselves, as long as they can stand back and have an exclusive on reporting it's ruinous progress down the hill. What if we begin with some extreme penalties, to match the extreme capabilities of the technologies if applied for evil? For example, prison starting at 10-20 years for deep fake fraud and AI scams that result in financial loss/damages exceeding, say, $1000, escalating to capital punishment if it results in personal injury, the need for significant clinical recovery, or death from any cause including suicide? Maybe that could start to put a damper on some of this boundless tech enthusiasm?

I know nothing about AI but I do know that in the run up to the 2024 election I heard a radio ad for PDJT and they said it was AI. You coudn't tell it wasn't his voice. This is way too scary. My computer guy told me how to get past the 'your computer is locked' thingy. Control Alt Delete Task Manager Chrome end task. I don't have heart attacks any more when they do it to me.

I am also afraid that AI will be used politically. Falsely showing a political rival in a compromising position and spreading it around the internet.

Per Edgar Allen Poe: 'Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.' I think that needs an update to: believe nothing you see either.

Facebook is filled with AI. You cannot believe anything there without checking

FTA: "to impersonate trusted individuals, the FBI and the American Bankers Association (ABA)". Non sequitur in there somewhere.

I think this AI is a wakeup call for Americans...only trust live communications with friends and family....As an elder...I am often solicited with calls from the IRS and governmental agencies claiming I have over paid....and just call and they'll send me a refund....my sister lost $23,000 from a checking account because she believed the call....be careful out there!!

Yeah, I have been saying for months that within a year or so, the 'AI' stuff is going to be able to be done so well, that only a computer forensic scientist will be able to discern the difference between "Is it Live? Or Is it Memorex AI?". Soon no one will be able to trust anything they see or hear over electronic means, and only trust what they see in person . And even then, you probably should question if what you saw is really true. I hate 'AI' and hate even more the corrupt people who use it to lie to you. Glad I'm old and sans progeny.

Simple Solution: By Law force AI software companies to put Meta Data into anything AI Generated so it can be identified...AND have provisions for massive FINES for bypassing the Meta Data Mandate!

The gospel of Matthew has warned us about this since the early 30's AD.

Please excuse the 2nd post but I wanted to agree with other posters. We are going to require that someone tries to scam someone with AI it should be a minimum of 20 years in a federal prison. The problem is that so many come from our delightful friends in Nigeria, India and other similar s****h***s are out of reach. I first got letters then the calls started coming...."your grandson is in jail and needs $$$ to get him out" and the old "computer locked scam" plus calls to say I had won $$$ but they need my credit card number to verify and deposit my "winnings" They once wanted a phone number of my bank and I gave them the FBI number in Atlanta.The real shame is that so many elderly people fall for them.

#'s 11 and 13 - Yeshigh penalties and ruthless pursuit. BUT - fines are not going to do it. This is the era of drug, sex, and internet money and crypto. So much money is made in these world-wide scams that a few pennies here or there may arouse anger and calls for retribution, but in the long run they are just accepted as the cost of doing business. Do you think having a boat full of fentanyl and a few poor saps blown up in the Caribbean bothers the people at the top? Needs to be done, but - cost of doing business. Hard prison time, or capital punishment. And a hard case like our Pres Trump to take a page from the Israelis and tell the residents hiding in those s****h***s (like Venezuela) that we don't care, we're coming for them.