Over 400 Purportedly AI-Driven Scams Reportedly Led to $8M Loss for Australians in 2023
Date: 2024-03-01
Affected: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Critical

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #715: Over 400 Purportedly AI-Driven Scams Reportedly Led to $8M Loss for Australians in 2023. Alleged deployer/developer: Deepfake Technology Developers, Generative Ai Developers, Scammers, Synthetic Audio Generation Technology Developers. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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