LAKE COUNTY — A Northern Michigan sheriff warning about scammers now using artificial intelligence to trick people, in an attempt to hit your pocketbook.

Lake County Sheriff Rich Martin said AI is being used more and more to deceive people into thinking they are talking to a certain person, agency or organization.

“We’re trying to educate people, get that stuff out there because it’s happening. And I think it’s going to increase as we move on as technology gets even better,” said Martin.

He said as time passes, it gets more and more realistic.

“When it comes to this type of scamming is 100% for money, whether it is a romance scam or if it is some type of criminal scam. It’s all about money. It doesn’t take anything to make recordings, videos, pictures that are completely 100% fabricate

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