Mack DeGeurin is a tech reporter who’s spent years investigating where technology and politics collide. His work has previously appeared in Gizmodo, Insider, New York Magazine, and Vice.
ArticleBody:Scammers worldwide are making off big. Last year alone, the Federal Trade Commission estimates US consumers lost a record $10 billion due to fraud, a 14% increase from just one year prior. More and more, scammers are targeting older, vulnerable people over the phone. Over than two-thirds of UK residents over the age of 75 surveyed in a recent research paper claimed they had experienced at least one fraud attempt in the past six months.
“Stop calling me ‘dear’ you stupid ,” one scammer can be heard saying. “Got it, dear,” Daisy responds. To do all of this, Daisy first uses a voice-to-text AI model to transcribe the scammer's speech. It then takes that text and runs it through another AI model that drafts a response using relevant content. Another text-to-speech model then vocalizes that response with the sound of a senior woman.
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