Marco Rubio Is Being Impersonated by an AI Voice Calling Foreign Leaders, Congressmen

Marco Rubio is reportedly being impersonated using artificial intelligence.

An imposter who used AI to imitate the secretary of state's voice and writing style has contacted a range of foreign and domestic officials posing as Rubio, according to a senior U.S. official and a State Department cable obtained by The Washington Post.

The messages were sent to "at least five non-Department individuals" including foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a congressman, via text and the encrypted messaging app Signal, the Post reported.

According to a Thursday, July 3, cable from Rubio's office to the State Department, the imposter was likely sending the messages "with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts." The messages began in the middle of June, according to the cable.

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