A case of fraud via an artificial intelligence-powered "deepfake" in China sparked alarm over growing AI harms, Reuters reports. China has seen an uptick in AI fraud utilizing voice and facial data to recreate people's likeness. The latest case involved face-duplication technology that helped an assailant facilitate a money transfer by impersonating an individual during a video call.
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