The future isn’t sending killer robots—it’s sending cloned voices. Like the T-1000 in Terminator 2, AI can now mimic anyone you know with just seconds of audio, slipping into your life with urgent pleas that sound terrifyingly real. Scammers are already weaponizing this tech, exploiting the trust hardwired into us when we hear a loved one’s voice.

But Judgment Day doesn’t have to come for your ears: by setting family code words, verifying calls, limiting your digital exhaust, and arming yourself with the right tools, you can spot the imposters before they strike.