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AI is making it harder to detect fake emergency calls

NPR | By Jaclyn Diaz
Published November 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM PST

It's getting harder to detect fake emergency calls thanks to AI. The tech is being used to generate believable swatting calls to law enforcement that claim a shooting or other crime is taking place.

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Jaclyn Diaz
Jaclyn Diaz is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk
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