AI is supercharging money scams – here’s what you can do to protect yourself

By Pawan Jain, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Michigan Flint

The phone rings, and it’s your grandson’s shaken voice. There’s been an accident, he says, and he needs money before anyone finds out. Except it isn’t him. It’s software that learned his voice from a clip posted online, run by a stranger working through a list of phone numbers.

For years, warnings about artificial intelligence and cybersecurity have focused on corporate networks and government systems. Those threats are real. But if you follow the money…

Read complete article

~	How to build a nutritious emergency food stockpile

~	African Union peacekeeping is growing as UN missions decline: research finds a mixed record of success

~	Ghana’s local architecture has adapted to change for centuries. It can teach us about climate resilience

~	From split livers to machine perfusion: the 20-year evolution of liver transplants in South Africa

~	Africa’s air travel is reliant on distant hubs: why it’s time to fix this

~	Who is responsible for protecting and preserving Indigenous cultures?

~	Is calisthenics as good as weight training? Here’s what the science says

~	All-round condemnation for Pauline Hanson over Indigenous slur

~	How to build climate-resilient transport systems

~	Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?