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by esseph 15 days ago
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/02/21/ai-influencers-secreti...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-models-creators-see-succe...

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/03/17/meet-jessica-fos...

> Like you do hear a lot of stories about this kind of thing happening, but I haven't ever seen a figure that says something like "$x million lost to AI scams" the way you do with romance scams or crypto.

Most people don't have a couple mil laying around. If you mean collectively, how many dudes are going to call the FBI or whatever and admit their life savings are fucked because they fell for AI goon bait? I expect not many.

> would be surprised if an AI successfully imitated the batshit insane way my wife and I speak to one another, but I get how that could work for, say, a grandparent or aunty.

What if her emails and texts between you had been scraped? Very easy and to grab that and record voice with single click or no-click tap jacking attacks.