Faraqaadka AI-ga ee Australia: Shirkadaha Warbaahinta Bulshada oo La Criticay
Hay'adda ASIC waxay xirtay 19,400 ogeysiis oo khiyaamo ah, taasoo 182 boqolkiiba ka badan sanadkii hore. Sannadkii 2025, Australians waxay lumiyeen in ka badan $2 bilyan, khasaare kordhay 8 boqolkiiba. AI ayaa khiyaamada ka dhigay kuwo ay adag tahay in la ogaado.
Khiyaamada Maal-gashiga iyo Shaqsiyaadka La Ekaysiiyay
Australians waxay $2 bilyan ka lumiyeen khiyaamo sanadkii 2025, khasaaruhuna wuxuu kordhay 8 boqolkiiba marka loo eego sanadkii ka dambeeyay. Qaybta maal-gashiga ayaa ahayd 38 boqolkiiba wadar dhan $837.7 milyan, halka khiyaamada jihaynta lacag-bixintu ay gaadheen $167 milyan.
Faraqaadka AI-ga waxay inta badan adeegsadaan wajiyada dadka caanka ah sida Ra'iisul-wasaaraha Anthony Albanese, Angus Taylor, Gina Rinehart, John Laws, Pauline Hanson, iyo Alan Kohler. Dhibanayaasha waxaa loo jiheeyaa bogag been abuur ah oo 'caddeyn bulsho' u ah ka hor inta aan loo marin goobo maal-gashiga oo khiyaali ah.
Hadalka Mas'uuliyiinta iyo Dhibanayaasha
Guddoomiyaha ASIC Sarah Court ayaa tiri 'We think that the social media companies have a lot to answer for in relation to scams'. Waxay sidoo kale xustay 'AI is significantly exacerbating the challenges in a range of ways' iyo in dadku aysan hadda garan karin been ama run.
Alan Kohler ayaa yiri 'it's taken a lifetime to build trust and it's so easily lost' iyo 'It was like whack a mole … it just kept coming back'. Alan Oster wuxuu sheegay inuu helay 10 farriin todobaadkii oo ku saabsan khiyaamada. Kohler wuxuu codsaday faragelinta dowladda.
Tallaabooyinka Meta iyo Dib-u-eegista Guud
Meta ayaa soo saartay tiknoolajiyadda aqoonsiga wajiga si ay u ogaato xayaysiisyada been-abuurka ah, taasoo hoos u dhigtay 22 boqolkiiba warbixinada isticmaalaha. Laakiin hadalkoodu ma uu ka jawaabin su'aalaha ku saabsan ansixinta xayaysiisyada ama dakhligooda.
Muddo seddex sano ah, nidaamiyaha ayaa saaray 33,400 bog iyo khiyaamo. Meta waxay sheegtay in kordhinta tirtirka aysan micnaheedu ahayn kordhinta khiyaamada. Warbixintu waxay ku baaqaysaa hubinta shatiga ASIC ee maal-gashiga.
Australia's corporate watchdog ASIC has removed a record 19,400 scam websites in the past year, a surge of 182 per cent on the previous year, as AI-generated deepfakes of politicians and celebrities become a primary tool for fraudsters targeting Australians.
Record Scam Removals Amid Rising Financial Losses
ASIC reported that Australians lost more than $2 billion to scams in 2025, with financial losses increasing by almost 8 per cent compared to the previous year. Investment scams accounted for the largest share, making up more than 38 per cent of the total figure, equivalent to $837.7 million, while payment redirection scams recorded losses of almost $167 million.
The regulator has removed more than 33,400 scam websites, social media and phishing scams over the past three years. Despite these efforts, the National Anti-Scam Centre's latest report highlights a sharp rise in deepfake videos, where scammers trick victims into putting money into bogus investment platforms and websites.
AI Deepfakes Impersonate Trusted Public Figures
Among the famous faces most impersonated for these scams were Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor, billionaire Gina Rinehart, the late broadcaster John Laws, Senator Pauline Hanson, and the ABC's own Alan Kohler. The scams usually involve AI deepfakes of well-known finance or political personalities on social media, which take victims to fake news websites as 'social proof' before funnelling people to dodgy investment websites.
Alan Kohler, a veteran ABC finance journalist who is a frequent subject of impersonation scams, said, 'it's taken a lifetime to build trust and it's so easily lost'. He described the cycle as 'like whack a mole … it just kept coming back', noting that scammers concoct click-bait articles purporting to be from the public broadcaster.
Calls for Government and Platform Action
ASIC chair Sarah Court said, 'We think that the social media companies have a lot to answer for in relation to scams'. She added that 'AI is significantly exacerbating the challenges in a range of ways', noting that previously, people could research an investment to see whether it was legitimate, but now users can 'Look at it very carefully, take your time over it and still not be able to ascertain if it's a fake or not'.
Alan Kohler said, 'The government's got to get involved rapidly, it can't be left to the platforms to do it'. He urged, 'The government has to really come down hard on them, with fines and regulations; and I think this is a really potentially an emergency in the making here'. Meta's spokesperson said an increase in the number of scams taken down online 'can reflect more effective detection and enforcement capabilities, not necessarily an increase in scams on any particular platform'.
