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Amy Trapp received a phone call from a voice she believed to be her son, Will, who was away at college and claimed to have just suffered a horrifying accident.

We track the latest AI errors and mistakes from 2023 and previous years, and catalog AI's worst failures to date.

The rise of AI has allowed scammers to clone childrens voices from social media and convince parents to hand over large sums of money believing their child is in danger.

Larry Magid: Voice cloning makes virtual kidnapping more convincing. The more you understand about these scams, the less likely you'll become a victim

A.I. is making it terrifyingly simple—and cheap—for scammers to replicate your voice.

Many of us have heard of the old hoax in which victims receive phone calls from "police" or a "doctor" (actually scammers) saying that a loved one is in trouble...

Scammers are now using AI tools to pretend to be relatives of the victims. Learn more about their new scamming method.

The Washington Post reports that a Canadian couple in their 70s recently received a phone call from what sounded like their grandson claiming he was in jail...

Experts say federal regulators, law enforcement and the courts are ill-equipped to rein in the burgeoning scam.

Experts say federal regulators, law enforcement and the courts are ill-equipped to rein in the burgeoning scam.