U.S. Senate Warns AI-Powered Scams Are Increasing Threat to SeniorsWashington — A bipartisan U.S. Senate panel has warned that artificial intelligence is making scams targeting older Americans more convincing, easier to carry out and increasingly difficult to detect. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Rick Scott said Americans age 60 and older lost $7.7 billion to scams in 2025. “AI can be used to make fraudulent videos known as deepfakes, impersonating experts and celebrities to try to fraud our seniors,” Scott said. Ranking Member Kirsten Gillibrand said AI offers significant benefits but has also allowed criminals to make longstanding scams more believable and easier to conduct. The issue extends beyond the United States, as voice-cloning fraud, deepfake videos and AI-powered impersonation scams are increasingly being used worldwide to target families, bank customers and business executives.