Sources: an impostor used AI to mimic Marco Rubio's voice and writing style and contacted foreign ministers, a US governor, and a member of Congress
The unknown individual contacted at least five government officials, including three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress, according to a State Department cable.
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Charlie McCarthy
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Rubio Impostor Using AI Voice to Call High-Level Officials
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@realneilc
Neil
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At first I thought it was Witkoff, but then I figured he wouldn't even need to bother [embedded post]
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@iamdiogenesdog
Diogenes Dog
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I heard it's a LLM, for Little, Little Marco...
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@noupside
Renee DiResta
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This kind of fraud is going to happen with increasing frequency. It's easy to execute now. Businesses in particular need to have plans to harden against it. — www.washingtonpost.com/national- sec...
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@slcpgh
Sean Connell
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Okay, but did they do a better job? [embedded post]
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@darthbluesky
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“hey siri can u make it sound more spineless” [embedded post]
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@lesleyabravanel
Lesley Abravanel
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BUT HER EMAILS! A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials. An imposter using AI to pose as gelatinous Secretary of Trump's Taint Marco Rubio contacted three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress www.washingtonpost.com/national- …
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@robertscotthorton
Scott Horton
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An impostor uses a Signal messaging app to successfully impersonate Marco Rubio, providing again the gullibility of senior figures in the Trump administration. The unknown individual contacted at least five government officials according to a DOS cable. www.washingtonpost.com/na…
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@kevincollier
Kevin Collier
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You don't need AI to trick governors and foreign leaders into thinking you're Marco Rubio, but it would sure make it easier. I keep coming back to the idea that generative AI generally is mostly good for imitating real humans and that's gonna keep spurring unintended uses.
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@lutzfernandez
Anne Lutz Fernandez
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Imagine how much of this ish is going on undetected and detected but unrevealed because these ppl persist in being sloppy and in MAIP: making American intelligence porous. — www.washingtonpost.com/national- sec... [image]
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@davidaxelrod
David Axelrod
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A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials. It was only a matter of time. This is the new world in which we live and we'd better figure out how to defend against it because of its implications for our democracy and the world. https://www.washingtonpost.…
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@mattgertz
Matthew Gertz
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“This is precisely why you shouldn't use Signal or other insecure channels for official government business.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@billkristol
Bill Kristol
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What if we've been seeing a Marco Rubio impostor every since 2016? “A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@rafaelyglesias
Rafael Yglesias
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“The President is senile. Bring me the nuclear football. Trade Judge to Tampa Bay. And invade Cuba.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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