REMARKS
Evolving nature of scams and the importance of continuous education
1:10:25
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Commissioner Cortés-Vázquez and Council Member Salaam discuss the rapidly evolving nature of scams and the importance of continuous education and awareness to combat them. They highlight the use of AI in creating more sophisticated voice print scams.
- Scammers are constantly developing new and ingenious methods
- The importance of partnerships in staying ahead of scammers and educating the public
- Discussion of voice print scams using AI technology to mimic voices
- Emphasis on the need for community-wide efforts to share information about the latest scams
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:10:25
And it was a program to protect.
1:10:27
So, I mean, they the the ability to become ingenious in kind of creating scams is limitless at seasons.
1:10:36
And so that is why we and I value this partnership is because we're all trying to keep in front of it and educate, but there will be a new one tomorrow and another one the day after.
1:10:51
And so that is what our job is, is to know what they are, become aware use all of the the tips that Captain Morell was saying, that is what we're up against, and that is what I want all of us to be aware of.
Yusef Salaam
1:11:07
You know, I'm wondering before I start my line of questioning about some of the practices that I've been seeing on social media where they'll say, be mindful of phone calls that you pick up and there's no one there.
1:11:23
And you're saying, hello?
1:11:25
And what they're saying is that they're catching a voice print and using AI to now instead of someone calling and saying my voice sounds different or the reason why they're actually using AI to make the conversation become a conversation that is so much more believable because it sounds like the person now because of the
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
1:11:45
For now, if you say yes or okay, they use that phrase to then perpetuate another crime, which means that you've given them authorization Mhmm.
1:11:56
To do whatever the hell they were planning to do in the beginning.
1:11:59
So, I mean, it's it's it is it is it is it is pervasive.
1:12:04
It is clever, and we have a police department that is outsmarting them every day and every way, and that is what we need to keep doing, and we need to do that in in partnership.
