A man's father received a call that sounded like his son asking for money, but it was AI. Voice and video deepfakes are already being used to scam people, especially older adults. The speaker urges families to set up verification protocols now, before these attacks become routine.
I had a scare where my dad called me and he was like, hey, you gave me a call yesterday. It was really weird. So I'm just calling you back to check in. And I was like, did you give any information to whoever called yesterday? Because you, I clearly didn't. I didn't call him yesterday. And so what I realized was, holy crap, these AI technology. And also I have a lot of content out there, so somebody could totally synthesize my voice. So I realized. That totally is a surface area for people, especially people, uh, parents who are getting older and they're not with the AI security maximizing paperclip science. Like, they're not with that. So I had to educate my parents and be like, look, there's a real risk here. And then we came up with a safety protocol. I'm not going to throw that on the internet because you guys might take it and it might not be safe, but figure out a way with your family members. If you care about your security in the future, like fraud is becoming a bigger thing. And I even almost experienced this on my side. Figure out a way and a protocol that your family aligns to at this time. So that's the thing, because you could— somebody could easily like fake video call or fake phone call now. And that's a really scary thing, especially for people that are older where they're not hopping on these podcasts, listening to these things, like being aware of what to be cautious about.
