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Deepfakes and voice cloning make online fraud harder to spot

Original: ⚠️ ICYMI: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of d

Online fraud is becoming far more convincing as deepfakes, voice cloning and other synthetic media replace the obvious glitches that once gave scams away. An animation from BBC Ideas and The Open University is being shared for its practical advice, urging people to adopt verification habits before trusting calls, videos or messages.

Why now: Growing concern about AI-generated scams that can no longer be spotted by obvious visual flaws.

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• ⚠️ ICYMI: # Deepfakes , voice cloning, and synthetic # media make online fraud much harder to spot than in the days of distorted hands and obvious # glitches . An animation from # BBC Ideas and The Open University breaks down practical verification habits to help recognize… · tksst@fediscience.org · 5

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