An investigation by Guardian Australia has found that AI technology is able to fool a voice identification system that’s used by the Australian government to secure the private information of millions of people. Centrelink and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) both give people the option of using a voiceprint’, along with other information, to verify their identity over the phone, allowing them to then access sensitive information from their accounts. Data journalist Nick Evershed was able to use a fake AI voice to access his own Centrelink account. He speaks with Laura Murphy-Oates about how he was able to skirt around the security system.
AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office
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