the Fraudian Slip Podcast: Ride or AI – Impacts of AI on Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams

Summary

• According to Forbes, up to 90 percent of all content online could be artificial intelligence (AI)-generated by the end of 2025. Around 71 percent of socialmedia images (across platforms) are AI-generated as of March 2025. Twenty twenty-four (2024) marks the first time that AI traffic has surpassed human activity, accounting for 51 percent of all web traffic. 
• AI is already changing business and social norms and will continue to do so. What will be the impacts of AI on identity theft, fraud and scams? Who will be responsible for protecting people and businesses when AI makes a mistake?  
• Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) President, James E. Lee, sat down with CEO, Eva Velasquez, to discuss these questions and more. Click the audio player below to hear the entire conversation.  
• You can learn more about the topics discussed in this podcast by visiting our company website, www.idtheftcenter.org. If you think you are the victim of an identity crime, call or text the ITRC toll-free by phone (888.400.5530) or live chat on our webpage to speak with an expert advisor. 

Below is a transcript of our podcast with ITRC CEO Eva Velasquez and President James E. Lee

Welcome to the Fraudian Slip, the Identity Theft Resource Center’s (ITRC) podcast, where we talk about all things identity theft, fraud and scams that impact people and businesses. You’ve probably heard of Ride or Die, one of those slang terms that seems to be everywhere at one time or another. Today, the phrase you can’t escape no matter how hard you try is artificial intelligence, or AI. That’s why we’re calling today’s episode “Ride or AI.” We discuss the impacts of AI. 

Here’s some stats to make the point: 

• Twenty twenty-four (2024) marks the first time that AI traffic has surpassed human activity, accounting for 51 percent of all web traffic. 
• Around 71 percent of socialmedia images (across platforms) are AI-generated as of March 2025. 
• According to Forbes, up to 90 percent of all content online could be AI-generated by the end of 2025, particularly as AI tools get better at: 
• Writing in a human-like style. 
• Automating video, image and audio generation. 
• Scaling across languages.

AI is already changing business and social norms and will continue to do so. What will be the impacts of AI on identity theft, fraud and scams? Who will be responsible for protecting people and businesses when AI makes a mistake? Which is the more likely scenario: a Star Trek-style all-knowing computer or Skynet from the Terminator? 

Those are just some of the questions that we’ve been talking about here at the ITRC. This week, we decided to let you eavesdrop on a conversation on the topic between Eva Valesquez and James E. Lee. Listen to the podcast above for their answers to all of those questions and more. 

If you think you have been the victim of an identity crime or want to avoid becoming a victim, you can speak with an ITRC expert advisor toll-free on the phone or via text (888.400.5530), chat live on the web or send us an email during our normal business hours (6 a.m.-5 p.m. PT Monday-Friday). Just visit www.idtheftcenter.org to get started. 

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