She learned the hard way that romance scammers are no longer just hiding behind keyboards but using deepfake technology to sell their lies through video calls.
are no longer just hiding behind keyboards but using deepfake technology to sell their lies through video calls.
"I shouted out loud in disbelief, 'Is this the reality? Is this guy the scammer? Am I really being scammed?'" "You can pump as much video or photo of that person into the AI it comes back almost a seamless sewing of video that looks like it's them," Paul Litherland from Surf Online Safe told 9News.Paul Litherland from Surf Online Safe said it was time to regulate AI now.
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