Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Cracks Down on AI Scams Against Seniors
The senators cited nearly $21 billion in cyber-enabled losses and asked whether the companies track user ages in scam cases.
- On Wednesday, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing where Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Mark Kelly questioned tech giants Meta, OpenAI, and X about safeguards protecting older adults from AI-enabled fraud.
- Projections indicate AI-enabled fraud could reach $40 billion next year, prompting the bipartisan committee's inquiry; Paul Benda, American Bankers Association executive vice president for risk, fraud and cybersecurity, testified that generative AI is 'industrializing' traditional scams by making impersonation cheaper and faster.
- Deborah Del Mastro testified she wired $5,400 after scammers cloned her daughter's voice, while surgeon David Amron described AI-generated videos stealing his likeness for fake advertisements: 'The video was disturbingly realistic.'
- Gillibrand and Kelly sent letters to Meta, OpenAI, and X demanding safeguard details, citing research showing older adults are 'more susceptible to confusion and deception' when interacting with generative AI chatbots.
- Experts advocate for expanded education and federal-industry coordination to combat AI scams, with Benda emphasizing that 'human judgment and the relationship between banker and customer can be just as important as any algorithm.
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