WARNING: AI Voice Cloning and Virtual Kidnappings
This episode of Crime Junkie tells the harrowing story of Jennifer DiStefano, who received a terrifying AI-generated phone call that sounded exactly like her daughter Brianna being kidnapped and threatened by a criminal. Though the call was a scam using advanced voice-cloning technology,
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