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AI is making it harder to detect fake emergency calls

It's getting harder to detect fake emergency calls thanks to AI. The tech is being used to generate believable swatting calls to law enforcement that claim a shooting or other crime is taking place.

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Jaclyn Diaz is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk