AI Tools Are Making Social Engineering Attacks Even More Convincing, And I Fear That This Is Only The Beginning

Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit were brought crashing into the 21st century in December 2024 with their latest adventure, Vengeance Most Fowl. The film challenges our growing dependence on smart technology in the form of a robotic garden gnome, built by Wallace to support his gardening business, which is then hacked by the Kubrick-esque Feathers McGraw for his own nefarious purposes.

One of the more interesting but less commented on parts of the film shows Gromit cautiously entering his house and being greeted by what he thinks is Wallace's reassuring voice, only to be confronted with Feathers and the robotic gnome.

Technology's ability to mimic linguistic patterns, to clone a person's voice and understand and respond to questions has developed dramatically in the last few years.