A federal lawmaker from New York is sounding the alarm on artificial intelligence scams that target seniors. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who is the top Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee, says FBI data finds that seniors nationwide lost nearly $8 billion to scammers last year, including over $350 million in scams related to AI. Gillibrand says common AI scams include phishing attacks, voice cloning, and image creation scams...
Kirsten Gillibrand: AI has supercharged existing scams
Gillibrand says she and fellow Democrat Mark Kelly of Arizona have sent letters to the CEOs of nine top AI companies, requesting details on how they protect seniors...
Kirsten Gillibrand: sent letters to AI companies
Gillibrand made her comments during a video conference call with reporters, which followed a hearing she held alongside Florida Republican Rick Scott to examine the ways that AI has fueled what she says is an alarming rise in financial scams against seniors.
