NYC mayor Eric Adams robocalls residents using AI audio deepfakes
Date: 2023-10
Affected: NYC residents
Attack vector: deepfake
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

New York City Mayor Eric Adams sent robocalls to residents using AI-generated audio of his voice speaking in Spanish, Mandarin, Yiddish and other languages he does not speak, without disclosing the synthetic origin. Critics called it an officially-sanctioned deception.


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