following criticism of it’s tool, which has been used to replicate voices of celebrities saying things they never did,ElevenLabs did not return a request for comment, butthe company said it’s incorporating safeguards to stem misuse, including banning free users from creating custom voices and launching a tool to detect AI-generated audio.
His voice-cloning nightmare started when his parents received a phone call from an alleged lawyer, saying their son had killed a U.S. diplomat in a car accident. Perkin was in jail and needed money for legal fees.The lawyer put Perkin, 39, on the phone, who said he loved them, appreciated them and needed the money. A few hours later, the lawyer called Perkin’s parents again, saying their son needed $21,000 before a court date later that day.
The voice sounded “close enough for my parents to truly believe they did speak with me,” he said. In their state of panic, they rushed to several banks to get cash and sent the lawyer the money through a bitcoin terminal.It’s unclear where the scammers got his voice, although Perkin has posted YouTube videos talking about his snowmobiling hobby. The family has filed a police report with Canada’s federal authorities, Perkin said, but that hasn’t brought the cash back.“The money’s gone,” he said.
Don’t need AI for that.
itsamike I've seen you tweet about Ai. Have you seen this yet?
Vigilance is key.
lucasladeiradf
I have watched plenty of MAGA advocates . The should take note of this as they are more vulnerable to these kind of scams
Unless your elder beloved has dementia or Alzheimers, easy to overcome by alerting them to the scam: Hang up on the person, call me immediately to see if I'm OK.
lanaswartz
Just like America. Take a good new thing and make a crime out of it.
Which is why if someone sounding like your cousin calls you asking for money, hang up, wait a little, then call your cousin to see if it was really them. It ain't that fucking hard guys, we ain't building a rocket...