The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence
Summary
The piece explains how AI voice cloning enables rapid, scalable fraud, using just three seconds of audio to impersonate a relative and steal money. It analyzes the scale of the problem with FBI and INTERPOL data, critiques detection-based defenses, and argues for structural protections—consent verification, liability shifts, and regulation—over reliance on victims or post-hoc forensics.