LG Uplus to launch AI-driven anti-phishing technology

LG Uplus is introducing a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security feature for its ixi-O AI agent, in response to the growing number of cases of voice phishing and fraud crimes using AI-driven deepfake technologies. According to the company, the new anti-deepvoice technology will be integrated into ixi-O on Monday. The technology was unveiled at this year’s MWC tech trade show in March. The new technology, which the company is commercializing for the first time globally as an on-device AI, detects voices made or manipulated by AI during a call and alerts the user within five seconds. It aims to help identify and prevent voice phishing crimes using AI-generated voices to impersonate acquaintances or stage fake hostage situations to extort money. “AI-generated voices may not be noticeable to our ear, but they often contain abnormal high-frequency noise or unnatural variations in pronunciations that differ from real humans. By using AI, we are able to detect these subtle differences that people typically can’t perceive,” Lee Seok-young, director of mobile services at LG UpWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times