Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice

A Florida police department claims that scammers used AI to clone a sheriff’s voice, with scammers increasingly using voice clones that trick people into thinking they’ve missed jury duty or have a warrant out for their arrest are increasing. According to Florida news outlet News6 , scammers cloned Osceola County Sheriff Steve Moser’s voice and left a voicemail with a resident. “They cloned his voice and was using Steve’s picture as well to say it was him making the phone call, and it was not,” Sheriff Chris Blackmon told News6. Impersonating a police officer is a third-degree felony in Florida.

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