AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been on the rise since the 1990s, but people started to notice its power when humanoid robots were first introduced in 2016. Since then, the potential of AI has been extremely promising, but it has raised significant concerns about the control over AI abilities.
Phone scams involved in AI-generated voice have been reported in the USA and some European nations. [I] Scammers, equipped with advanced knowledge and skills, collected some data and recorded some victims' voices before they faked the victims' voices to borrow some money from their friends and relatives. [II] In these situations, some parents received a phone call from an unknown number and heard their child's voice crying, "I've been kidnapped. Help me!" while the child was actually safe at school or a friend's house. [III] Consequently, the parents were terrified and transferred large sums of money to the scammers. [IV]
Deepfake, a combination of "deep learning" and "fake," is a sort of technology that can replicate photos and voices of a person to create convincing videos of individuals saying things they never did. Then, the scammers upload these videos online to deceive people into various actions, such as transferring money or spreading wrong information to create confusion for their benefit. As a result, lots of people, especially celebrities or politicians, have become victims of deepfake technology as their images have been illegally used. Moreover, detecting those deepfake videos is extremely difficult for people without expertise, which creates a huge concern about the credibility of multimedia content.
AI is generally created to assist humans, but if it is misused, it will pose unimaginable threats.
Therefore, there must be strict regulations on AI use and development to eliminate AI risks and ensure a safe and stable society.