Speaking of Deception: AI Voice Scams, Creative Uses, & More

Welcome back to the FAIK Files! This week, we explore the creative and mischievous ways AI voices can be created and used -- everything from simple voice cloning, to character acting, the legal issues in authenticating voice recording, to the full weaponization of AI voices for scams and information warfare. Interested in trying ElevenLabs? Please consider using our affiliate link: https://try.elevenlabs.io/FAIK ***** Subscribe to our YouTube channel! You can find the channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@theFAIKfiles ***** Want to leave us a voicemail? Here's the magic link to do just that: https://sayhi.chat/FAIK You can also join our Discord server here: ⁠⁠https://faik.to/discord⁠ ***** Love the podcast? Check out the book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) ***** *** NOTES AND REFERENCES *** Fun and Fear with AI Voice Clones: Making a deepfake voice with ElevenLabs. https://try.elevenlabs.io/FAIK Courts are Struggling with How to Verify Audio Evidence: The complications of “authenticating” voice in court. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-generated-voice-evidence-poses-dangers-in-court Can AI Act?: Hank Azaria Video: https://youtu.be/1Hz19kpCse4?si=1xwOZ0YoCppiTewi Mason pushes an AI character acting to the edge! AI Dumpster Fire of the Week -- It's way too easy to Weaponize AI Voices at Scale Demo of Perry's AI Voice Scambot: https://blog.knowbe4.com/proved-unsuspecting-call-recipients-are-super-vulnerable-to-ai-vishing How bad actors can weaponize commercial-grade systems like ElevenLabs, HeyGen, Akool, and more (affiliate links) *** THE BOILERPLATE *** About The FAIK Files: The FAIK Files is an offshoot project from Perry Carpenter's most recent book, FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. Get the Book: FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions (Amazon Associates link) Check out the website for more info: https://thisbookisfaik.com Check out Perry & Mason's other show, the Digital Folklore Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-folklore/id1657374458 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v1BelkrbSRSkHEP4cYffj?si=u4XTTY4pR4qEqh5zMNSVQA Other: https://digitalfolklore.fm Want to connect with us? Here's how: Connect with Perry: Perry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perrycarpenter Perry on X: https://x.com/perrycarpenter Perry on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/perrycarpenter.bsky.social Connect with Mason: Mason on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-amadeus-a853a7242/ Mason on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/wickedinterest.ing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices