By Tenita “AI Advisor” Abraham
For two years I’ve championed the upside of artificial intelligence: drafting grant proposals in minutes instead of hours, automating client follow-ups while you sleep, scaling a firm’s reach without ballooning payroll. The technology is real, and so are those wins.
But no tool is one-sided. Just as a hammer can build a house or break a window, AI can unlock opportunity and magnify risk—especially for communities that have historically carried the heaviest cost of technological “progress.” Below are five threats rising alongside the promise, plus communitylevel actions we can take now to stay safe, employed and empowered.
1 – Deepfakes & Voice-Clone Scams
Fraudsters need only five seconds of audio to clone a voice convincingly enough to cry “Grandma, I’m in jail— wire money!” covantagecu. org The same tech stitches celebrity faces onto bogus endorsement videos; influencer Molly-Mae Hague was the latest target. The Scottish Sun