Tag: robocalls
In a targeted attack on phone spammers, the FCC just outlawed AI voice generation for robocalls
FCC officially declares AI-voiced robocalls illegal
The FCC’s war on robocalls has gained a new weapon in its arsenal with the declaration of AI-generated voices as “artificial” and therefore definitely against the law when used in automated calling scams. It may not stop the flood of fake Joe Bidens that will almost certainly trouble our phones this election season, but it […]
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AI-Generated Voices in Robocalls Are Now Illegal
How to block spam texts and robocalls for good
The first time the call came through, my Robokiller app successfully intercepted and squelched it. The second time I was too fast. The caller ID said it was a healthcare organization, so I thought perhaps it was legit. I should know better by now.
Unfortunately, it was just another one of the dozens of online pharmacies that have been hounding me for a decade.
Americans received 24 billion of those nuisance calls in the first half of this year, according to Atlas VPN.
Although that’s down 5% from the same period last year, it’s still astronomically high.