2024-12-10 20:51:46
Artificial intelligence-driven scams surge in Colorado. Here’s what you need to know.
Colorado is预计2024年因诈骗造成的财务损失将超过2023年的近1.9亿美元。据科罗拉多州总检察长办公室称,人工智能的广泛使用可能是导致这种情况的原因。随着AI技术的发展,骗子从使用明显拼写错误和不专业的网站设计转变为利用高级语音复制技术进行欺诈活动。
By
Andrea Teres-Martinez
, Summit Daily
Regrettably, 2024 was a good year for scammers.
Colorado is on pace to see a bigger financial loss from scams by the end of 2024 than the nearly $190 million stolen in 2023. The mass use of artificial intelligence could be driving the surge, according to the Colorado Attorney Generalâs office.
Long gone are the days of using clear misspellings, unprofessional website design and fishy email domains as reliable identifiers for online scams. With the recent explosion of artificial intelligence into everyday life, scammers have transitioned from using flashy pop-up advertisements to duplicating the voices of family members in fake emergency situations to extract money and information.
âArtificial intelligence takes existing scam opportunities and puts them on steroids,â Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said.
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Originally Published:
December 10, 2024 at 1:51 PM MST