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People aren't just using impressive deepfakes to troll Robert Pattinson, create endearing videos of a resemblance, or to sing onstage as a famous pessimist. The FBI warned yesterday that deep fakes and stolen personal information are being used to apply for home jobs.
This is a level of identity theft that we haven't seen before. The FBI says that most incidents have been in IT, computer science, and data related fields. Roles with direct access to private intel about customers, financial information, and corporate IT databases were some of the ominous jobs that were applied for.
There are reasons beyond data theft that could lead someone to try and land a job with the help of artificial intelligence. It could be a way for a non-US citizen to get paid in dollars, or it could be a way for a rival country to get intel.
There are some things to watch out for when interviewing home employees. According to the FBI, voice-spoofing mechanizations used by the imposters are usually a little off - the audio sometimes didn't sync quite right with the interviewee's lips, and at times, accidental sneezes or coughs weren't reflected in the visual
It's still not easy to trick someone during a live interview process. Employers in affected fields should be wary of deep fakes because of how far they have come.
The FBI says people are using deep fakes to apply to remote jobs.
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