{"id":222322,"date":"2026-05-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-protect-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:45:20","slug":"ai-voice-cloning-scams-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-protect-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-to-protect-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"AI \u2018voice cloning\u2019 scams are on the rise. Here\u2019s how to protect yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself\">AI \u2018voice cloning\u2019 scams are on the rise. Here\u2019s how to protect yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-29 05:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a summarized list of key points based on the provided article:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A California mother reported losing thousands of dollars to scammers who likely used AI to clone her daughter&#8217;s voice, underscoring the growing concern around AI voice cloning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The realistic nature of AI voice replicas has made it difficult for most people to distinguish between a genuine call and one that uses AI technology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Americans lost over $893 million to AI-related scams last year, highlighting the rise in AI-based fraudulent activities including voice cloning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Banks in the UK and Australia have warned customers about potential voice cloning scams, recognizing the versatility of these attacks targeting anyone, from friends to professional contacts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Experts suggest several defensive measures, including establishing secret code words and verifying urgent calls through multiple channels, to protect against such scams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It&#8217;s highlighted that the previous indicators suggesting artificial voices, such as strange pauses or vocal fluctuations, may no longer be reliable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Experts recommend looking for general scam warning signs, such as urgency, unusual money requests, and secrecy about the situation, to better identify potential scams.  <\/p>\n<p>If you need more detailed information, please let me know!<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI \u2018voice cloning\u2019 scams are on the rise. Here\u2019s how to protect yourself https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/29\/tech\/ai-voice-cloning-scams-protect-yourself Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":222325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-1092338922.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222327,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222322\/revisions\/222327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}