China: Man loses over Rs 24 lakh after being tricked by AI girlfriend | World News

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Man pissed off after loosing over Rs 24 lakh (Image Credit: Lexica)

A Shanghai man misplaced round $28,000 after being tricked by an Artificial Intelligence girlfriend. The man was deceived into believing he was in a long-distance relationship with a lady named “Ms Jiao. ” Little did he realize it was all an phantasm.
Scammers used generative AI expertise to idiot the person and tricked him in sending 200,000 yuan (Rs 24,02,632) to his girlfriend for a enterprise enterprise and to help a member of the family with healthcare bills, in line with state broadcaster CCTV.
CCTV reported that the perpetrators created counterfeit identification paperwork and medical information to strengthen their deception.
According to police findings cited by CCTV, the operation concerned “a scammer team sending video and photos that were all created through AI or made by combining multiple images”.
“Throughout the process, (the victim) Mr. Liu never met Ms. Jiao in person,” the report acknowledged.
CCTV footage displayed pictures of a lady in varied settings, together with one with a paint palette and one other on an city road.
The growth of AI applied sciences able to producing lifelike textual content, photographs and reside video has led to more and more advanced fraudulent schemes globally.
US social media large Meta issued a warning earlier this month, advising web customers to be cautious of on-line contacts who promise romantic relationships whereas requesting cash, noting a rise in scams utilising generative AI.