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The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

A Mother's Worst Nightmare: Artificial Intelligence Scams On The Rise

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

FOX News Podcasts

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4.1738 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Artificial intelligence software has been used across many industries to innovate how Americans work, but it has also opened new avenues for people to be scammed online. Arizona mother Jennifer DeStefano joins to discuss the A.I. scam she fell prey to, and why she is now speaking out for fellow victims of similar scams.   Jennifer explains the steps to avoid falling victim to A.I. scam calls, and shares why she chose to testify before Congress about the new technology putting families at risk.   Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, everyone. Hello everybody. I'm Martha McCallum. Welcome to the Untold Story podcast. Today, we're bringing you a story that was truly chilling to me when I heard it as a parent. And I think it struck a nerve with really any mom or any dad who could imagine how terrifying this situation was. And the really scary thing is that we are

1:05.3

seeing these kinds of things happening more and more as AI is able to recreate the voices of the people we love.

1:14.5

So with that, I want to bring in Jennifer DiStefano and Jennifer, hi.

1:19.6

It's great to have you with us today.

1:21.5

And if you would, just, you know, tell us a little bit about yourself and your family,

1:25.8

whatever you want to share. And I know your family lives in Arizona. And tell us a little bit about yourself and your family, whatever you want to share.

1:28.4

And I know your family lives in Arizona. And tell us what happened to you.

1:32.8

Hi, Martha. Thanks so much for having me. Yeah, we live in Arizona. I'm a mother of four. I have two boys and two girls.

1:40.4

And my kids are very ambitious athletes and tend to scatter all over the place as they pursue their different interests.

1:50.1

And this was just another Friday, like every other weekend where, unfortunately, we divide and conquer, where my husband will take some and I take the others depending upon where they're competing or where they're training

2:01.2

for the weekends. And my older daughter had ski race in a few years and she wanted to jump into

2:09.2

a competition with her younger brother up north. And my younger daughter had a dance competition

2:16.1

that she had to prepare for down in the valley.

2:19.2

So unfortunately, we were divided that weekend.

2:21.9

And I went to go pick up my younger daughter from rehearsal.

2:26.1

And I got a phone call from an unknown number and was going to ignore it.

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