AI air duct cleaning scam: Nova Scotia woman raises concerns after booking service

A woman in Dartmouth, N.S., is sounding the alarm after booking an air-duct cleaning service. Shernette Smith says she was skeptical of photos she received as proof of a completed job, before inspecting it herself and uncovering a different story. "It was still filthy. All the dirt was still in that section where the filter goes. So that's when I knew he had scammed me," Smith said. AI Researcher Siwei Lyu analyzed one of the photos and found a 'Google SynthID' watermark, a way of identifying AI-generated images. Lyu says AI-detector 'Sightengine' also gave the photo a 99 per cent score, and "showed a high response that comes from a generativ (Source: Global News | Region: Global)