💻 Technology Live AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans. AR Ars Technica 31 Jul 2026 6 days ago 1 min read Ars Technica — 31 July 2026 Text: A− A+ 20 0 0 🎙️ Listen 🌐 Translate 🌐 Translate: 🇬🇧 EN 🇸🇦 AR 🇵🇰 UR 🇮🇳 HI 🇫🇷 FR 🇪🇸 ES 🇩🇪 DE 🇹🇷 TR 🇨🇳 ZH 🇷🇺 RU 🇧🇷 PT ✕ 🎙️ AI Podcast — Two-Host Discussion AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust Kokoro TTS · ~5 min episode · American English voices ✕ 🎤 Voice Selection▼ tap to expand Choose voices for Host A and Host B. Changes take effect on next play. Host A 🟥 Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Fenrir (Rich, authoritative) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Onyx (Strong, broadcast) Liam (Youthful, conversational) Bella (Warm, expressive) Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Daniel (Polished, clear) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) Alejandro (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) Siwis (F, expressive) Alpha (F, clear) Gongitsune (F, natural) Kumo (M, deep) Xiaobei (F, bright) Yunyang (M, warm) Alpha (F, natural) Omega (M, clear) Sara (F, expressive) Nicola (M, rich) Dora (F, warm) Alex (M, clear) Host B 🟦 Sarah (Clear, trustworthy) Bella (Warm, expressive) Aoede (Melodic, engaging) Sky (Bright, energetic) Nova (Modern, crisp) Adam (Deep, warm) Michael (Clear, confident) Puck (Bright, energetic) Echo (Smooth, professional) Eric (Friendly, natural) Emma (Warm, articulate) Alice (Bright, professional) Lily (Gentle, natural) George (Classic BBC) Lewis (Refined, calm) Dora (F, warm) Alejandro (M, clear) Siwis (F, expressive) Nezuko (F, bright) Tebukuro (F, calm) Kumo (M, deep) Yunxi (F, energetic) Yunyang (M, warm) Omega (M, clear) Alpha (F, natural) Nicola (M, rich) Sara (F, expressive) Alex (M, clear) Dora (F, warm) 🎙️ Regenerate with Selected Voices A Now Speaking — Generating podcast… Synthesising speech — will play automatically when ready… ▶ 0:00 / 0:00 1× The AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” than the humans. This report comes from Ars Technica. The story centres on AI scamm Read Full Story at Ars Technica → Advertisement ai ticker:GE React: 🔥0 😮0 😢0 😡0 ❤️0 🤔0 Read original story at Ars Technica Sources Ars Technica Sponsored Related Stories 💻 Technology Alonso pleased with Aston Martin upgrade as Newey targets 'respectability' Sky Sports · 12 days ago 💻 Technology Apple announces Silo’s season 4 return date 9to5Mac · 10 days ago 💻 Technology Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Opus 5 model, details here 9to5Mac · 12 days ago 💻 Technology New Macs are coming soon, here’s everything we know 9to5Mac · 13 days ago 💻 Technology Spread of invasive malaria mosquito from Asia to Africa traced in new genomic study Phys.org · 14 days ago 💻 Technology Hanwha Group and LG CNS tokenize trade receivables to enhance supply chain finance CoinDesk · 10 days ago