AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office

Summary: A voice identification system used by the Australian government to verify the identity of millions of citizens has a serious security flaw, according to an investigation by The Guardian. Centrelink and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) allow people to use a “voiceprint” to access sensitive information, but the system can be fooled by an AI-generated voice, meaning that anyone with a recording of a voice can potentially access accounts.