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人与社会　 热点话题 095　　　 人与社会　 热点话题 Monday 　 机器人电话 阅读理解 新鲜度:★★★★★　 难度:★★★　 体裁:说明文　 词数:428　 正确率:　 / 4　 建议时间:7′ 　 　 The problem of robocalls(自动语言电话) has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they don􀆳t know. By next year,half of the calls we receive will be scams(欺诈) . We are finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through. Unfortunately,it􀆳s too little,too late. By the time these “solutions” become widely available,scammers will have moved onto cleverer means. In the near future,it􀆳s not just going to be number you see on your screen that will be in doubt. Soon you will also question whether the voice you􀆳re hearing is actually real. That􀆳s because there are a number of powerful voice processing and automation technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use. At this year􀆳s I / O Conference, a company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a persuasive human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without being found. These developments are likely to① make our current problems with robocalls much worse. The reason why robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than accurateness. A decade of data violation of personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn your mother􀆳s name,and far more. Armed with this knowledge,they􀆳re able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means,for example, that a scammer could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your bank teller􀆳s, tricking you into “ confirming” your address,mother􀆳s name, and card number. Scammers follow money,so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is still done over the phone,and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice pro