AI doomsday? The real threat to your money is already here | NBC Washington

AI doomsday warnings are dominating the headlines right now. Former employees of some of the top AI companies are openly talking about what could happen if we lose control of advanced AI. But there’s another threat that isn’t 10 years away. It’s happening right now: AI scams. Phone scams, email scams, online scams, text scams: It's only going to get worse … including something that's so shocking it even surprised me. AI is already being used to clone voices, create deepfakes online, impersonate people we trust, steal identities and drain bank accounts. Scammers can do things today that may have seemed impossible a few years ago. In this episode of Susan Makes $ense, I talk exclusively with the CEO of LexisNexis, one of the world’s largest data and risk analytics companies, about how fast AI fraud is evolving, when to report scams to your bank and what consumers need to be ready for next, including title scams and an explosion of agent fraud. We also hear from a woman who was convinced she heard her father’s voice during a terrifying kidnapping scam, only to later learn he was safe. The big question: How do you protect your money when you can no longer trust what you see or hear? 🔏 Here's my quick how-to on freezing your credit: http://nbc4dc.com/nqomIwR For more practical consumer alerts, scam warnings and money-saving advice, subscribe to my Susan Makes $ense newsletter so you don’t miss the latest updates. nbcwashington.com/newsletters #AIScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Deepfakes #VoiceCloning #Fraud #Scams #IdentityTheft #ConsumerNews #SusanMakesSense _______ NBC4 Washington / WRC-TV is the No. 1 broadcast television station and the home of the most-watched local news in Washington, D.C. The station leads the market in providing timely and breaking news and information in text, video and graphics across more than 15 platforms including NBCWashington.com, the NBC4 app, NBC4 streaming news channel, newsletters, and social media. FOLLOW & STREAM NBC4 WASHINGTON: NBC4 News Streaming channel: https://www.nbcwashington.com/watch/ Xumo Play: https://play.xumo.com/live-guide/nbc-... Roku: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch... Also available on Pluto TV, Freevee, Google TV, TCL, Local Now, and Samsung TV Plus. More here: https://www.nbcwashington.com/watchlive/ Instagram: http://nbc4dc.com/3HxYkYH Threads: http://nbc4dc.com/ZYZAAHJ Facebook: http://nbc4dc.com/iD1GvRQ X: http://nbc4dc.com/APF7vQM TikTok: http://nbc4dc.com/pg5Nx67 VISIT OUR SITE: https://www.nbcwashington.com/ DOWNLOAD OUR FREE APPS: https://www.nbcwashington.com/products/ WATCH NBC4 LIVE ON AMAZON FIRE TV: https://www.nbcwashington.com/firetv/ WATCH NBC4 LIVE ON ROKU: https://www.nbcwashington.com/roku/d