Beware: How scammers are using AI to sound like your loved ones – 3 tips to stay safe

Sunil Mittal, the chairman of Bharti Airtel recently revealed that scammers are cloning his voice using AI and calling company executives to transfer a large sum of money. At the NDTV World Summit, the businessman said that the AI-cloned voice was so convincing that he was stunned after hearing the recording.

While the company official did not fall for the voice clone scam, scammers successfully used voice cloning to dupe people of their money. With AI voice cloning scams on the rise, there have been several instances in the last few months where people have lost anywhere between a few thousand to more than a lakh.