By Yashee Sharma
Publication Date: 2026-01-13 19:02:00
As AI-generated scams become more convincing, more than half of all Australian are unable to tell the difference between a real image and a deepfake, according to new data.
Commbank surveyed nearly 2,000 people across the country and found that nearly 89 percent were confident they could identify one AI generated Fraud.
But only 42 percent were actually able to distinguish between a real image and an AI-generated image.
James Roberts, general manager of fraud and fraud at Commbank, said the results showed a growing gap between trust and reality.
“And it is this gap that fraudsters are looking to exploit as they increasingly turn to AI to target everyday Australians and small businesses,” he said.
Commbank has shared several real and AI images of people that it used for research.
Roberts said scammers are taking advantage of it Deepfake Photos, voice and text clones of relatives, senior employees and…
