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“One morning in early October, about 18 years after his daughter Jennifer was murdered, Drew Crecente received a Google alert flagging what appeared to be a new profile of her online. The profile had Jennifer’s full name and a yearbook photo of her. A short biography falsely described Jennifer, whose ex-boyfriend killed her in 2006 during her senior year of high school, as a ‘video game journalist and expert in technology, pop culture and journalism.’ Jennifer had seemingly been re-created as a ‘knowledgeable and friendly AI character.'” This is a uniquely disturbing example of a problem that could be increasingly widespread as AI blurs the lines between what’s real and what isn’t. WaPo (Gift Article): His daughter was murdered. Then she reappeared as an AI chatbot.

+ AI fakery is already in full effect in the 2024 election. This WaPo (Gift Article) piece provides some examples of Trump and Harris AI voices. See if they’d fool you. AI is spawning a flood of fake Trump and Harris voices. Here’s how to tell what’s real.

+ AI-powered fraud is exploding, FBI says.