My brother held his phone up to my ear. "You're gonna find this creepy," he warned. An Instagram reel showing a teenage boy at a rally featured a voiceover in the style of a news broadcast. A calm, female voice, with an almost imperceptible Mancunian accent, said: "The recent outcry from a British student has become a powerful symbol of a deepening crisis in the UK's educational system." I sat bolt upright, my eyes wide open.

A new report reveals that Robocall scam are on the rise in America amid the advancement of AI that can clone voices - even that of the US President Joe Biden. A fake recorded message impersonating Biden was unleashed in New Hampshire this week, which urged Democrats now to vote in the primary. 'Voting this Tuesday only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump again. Your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday,' victims heard on the phone. The malicious campaign highlights the dangers of technology that is running rampant in the US - Americans are hit with 78 billion robocalls and 225 billion robotexts per year - a more than 50 percent jump from 2021.