It sounds like science fiction but it’s not: AI can financially destroy your business | Gene Marks

Scammers last year stole about $11m from unsuspecting consumers by fabricating the voices of loved ones, doctors and attorneys requesting money

Everyone seems to be worried about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) these days. Even technology leaders including Elon Musk and the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have signed a public petition urging OpenAI, the makers of the conversational chatbot ChatGPT, to suspend development for six months so it can be rigorously audited and overseen by independent outside experts".

Their concerns about the impact AI may have on humanity in the future are justified - we are talking some serious Terminator stuff, without a Schwarzenegger to save us. But that's the future. Unfortunately, there's AI that's being used right now which is already starting to have a big impact - even financially destroy - businesses and individuals. So much so that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) felt the need to issue a warning about an AI scam which, according to this NPR report sounds like a plot from a science fiction story".