The information displayed in the AIM should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries.
Sam Mitrovic, a Microsoft solutions consultant, reported a phishing scam using AI to impersonate Google support. The scam involved fake account recovery notifications and phone calls claiming to be from Google Sydney. The AI-generated calls aimed to deceive users into revealing their Gmail credentials, posing significant privacy and security risks.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
This event describes a realized fraud scheme in which generative AI–produced voices are directly used by attackers to deceive victims and cause financial loss. The misuse of an AI system (voice cloning) has led to actual harm (drained savings), meeting the criteria for an AI Incident.[AI generated]
