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Marco Rubio Impersonated by AI Scam Contacting Foreign Officials
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was impersonated by a scammer who used AI software to replicate his voice and contact government officials.
The days of verified Twitter users changing their names in order to impersonate celebrities, companies, and lawmakers — previously at the risk of a permanent ban — are a quaint stunt compared to what is possible now that the tools of unregulated artificial intelligence is in the hands of the bored and bad faith. Most of the attempted outreach took place via Signal, the encrypted messaging app that attained political infamy after former White House National Security Adviser Michael Waltz inadvertently added a journalist to a group chat discussing strike plans against Yemen. In May, the FBI warned of “an ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign” that used the emerging technology to impersonate senior U.S. officials in an attempt “to establish rapport before gaining access to personal accounts.”
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