#23: AI Scams & How to Protect Yourself

The Junction

Unfortunately, as AI becomes more accessible, it provides a new avenue for scammers to target people in ways we've never seen before.

In this episode of The Junction, Mel and Chase dive into the vulnerabilities associated with voice and image cloning, and how hackers can exploit these techniques.

You've likely heard of these scams before. A random phone number calls someone you know and when they answer, they hear the sound of YOUR voice. But it's not you—it's a someone who's stolen your voice using AI.

There's a potential for these scamming techniques to increase, so today's episode highlights a few tools and resources that can help individuals and businesses safeguard their data and assets.

Resources:

• How to use AI while protecting your privacy: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-ai-tools-protect-privacy/
• How to keep AI from stealing your voice: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-keep-ai-from-stealing-the-sound-of-your-voice/#:~:text=AntiFake%2C%20on%20the%20other%20hand,voices%20from%20piracy%20and%20counterfeiting
• Tools hackers are using: https://www.cisoplatform.com/profiles/blogs/dark-ai-top-7-ai-tools-assisting-hackers

Applications discussed:

• AntiFake: https://sites.google.com/view/yu2023antifake
• Glaze: https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/
• Snyk: https://snyk.io/

Connect with us on LinkedIn:

• Mel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissabell-b2bmarketer/
• Chase: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasefriedman/

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