We live

in an fascinating era, where technology is solving problems that we wouldn’t have thought was possible before. Helping the blind see(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5bktGGkd9w), helping individual’s with Parkinson’s(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6rAlFYDffQ) and more. Please feel free to review those two links for some uplifting news.

But with this technology comes opportunities that criminals can take advantage of. Artificial Intelligence, AI, is being used to generate fake images and sound. Criminals are now generating real time audio to sound like other individuals and perform criminal actions. Please review the link below and be cautious of the person you are speaking with on the phone.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/5/20851248/deepfakes-ai-fake-audio-phone-calls-thieves-trick-companies-stealing-money