If you consider the potential dangers of AI, a new report concerning Secretary of State Marco Rubio might be a good example of how problematic it can be. 

An impostor pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted foreign ministers, a U.S. governor, and a member of Congress by sending them voice and text messages that mimic Rubio’s voice and writing style using artificial intelligence-powered software, according to a senior U.S. official and a State Department cable obtained by The Washington Post.

U.S. authorities do not know who is behind the string of impersonation attempts but they believe the culprit is likely attempting to manipulate powerful government officials “with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts,” according to a cable sent by Rubio’s office to State Department employees.

According to the report, the July 3 cable said the imposter “contacted at least five non-Department individuals, including three foreign ministers, a U.S. governor, and a U.S. member of Congress." The imposter left voicemails in two instances and a text message to communicate on Signal in a third instance. This began in June and employed a fake Marco Rubio Signal account address. The cable also allegedly said that other State Department personnel were impersonated using email. 

This could potentially be a big national security issue. Who was behind this, and what precisely were they trying to do with this action? Was the operation foreign or domestic in origin? 

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According to The WaPo, the State Department said it would conduct a "thorough investigation and continue to implement safeguards to prevent this from happening in the future.” They didn't identify who the people were who had been contacted.

This wasn't the first time there has been a problem of this nature. According to the report, the FBI issued a warning in May. 

In May, the FBI issued a warning that “malicious actors” were impersonating senior U.S. officials in an “ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign” intended to target other senior government leaders and their contacts. The campaign relied on AI-generated voice messages, according to the FBI, and was likely meant to “elicit information or funds.”

“If you receive a message claiming to be from a senior U.S. official,” the FBI warned at the time, “do not assume it is authentic.”

We reported in May how an imposter was pretending to be Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles after her phone was hacked. The person contacted well-known Republicans and business leaders. Some figured out it wasn't her because the formal way in which the person was speaking didn't match how she spoke. Some thought that whoever it was might have been using AI to imitate her voice. 

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Unfortunately, we are likely to see more of this kind of thing as the technology increases, so they're going to have to do what they can to secure communications. 

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