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FCC to declare AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal under existing law (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by will_a113@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Robocalls with AI voices to be regulated under Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the agency says. I'm pretty sure this puts us on the timeline where we eventually get incredible, futuristic tech, but computers and robots still sound mechanical and fake.

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

But how stupid would you have to be to take a call from half way around the world and listen to their advice about the upcoming election? A phone call that claims to come from a local politician is a lot more believable if it comes from a local number.

[–] misnina@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

They spoof numbers. It almost always is a number from my state or the area code, very rarely do I get calls from out of state and they are all already labeled "spam risk/telemarketer" when they come in.

Also thank you for writing this comment, I was going to say ios had no way to block unknown numbers, but I searched to double check myself and they finally do have that option! It may have been around for quite awhile, I hadn't checked for a long while.

[–] Slayer@infosec.pub 6 points 9 months ago

They spoof local numbers