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The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence

A modern AI voice-cloning system can use as little as three seconds of audio, often pulled from everyday public recordings, to produce a synthetic voice convincing enough to drive “grandparent scam” emergencies that exploit panic and…

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