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AGO warns AI is making imposter scams and fake charities harder to detect
Summary
Attorney General consumer protection staff told lawmakers that readily available AI tools — deepfakes, voice cloning and autonomous agents — are making imposter scams more convincing and can be used to create fake organizations, complicating detection and enforcement.
Attorney General staff told a state committee Feb. 20 that artificial intelligence has rapidly changed scammers' capabilities, making imposter scams harder to spot and enabling automated, large‑scale fraud.
"Deep fake videos, voice cloning, and AI agents are already being used to perpetrate imposter scams," Sean Colgan said, describing technology that can produce convincing video and audio and noting tools that can create entire fake online ecosystems, including websites and fake employee profiles.
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