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Canadian Parents Tricked out of Thousands Using Their Son's AI Voice
Two Canadian residents were scammed by an anonymous caller who used AI voice synthesis to replicate their son's voice asking them for legal fees, disguising as his lawyer.
- Date it happened
- 2023-01-11
- Organisation involved
- Unknown
- Product, system or model
- It is unclear which tools the voice scammers who targeted Benjamin Perkin's parents used. It may have been ElevenLabs software. ElevenLabs is an AI voice synthesizing start-up that transforms a short
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