Hong Kong police have broken up a local syndicate that allegedly used AI to alter identity card photos to open bank accounts and take out loans, arresting 22 people on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and laundering more than HK$190 million (US$24.4 million).
Police said on Friday that between September 2024 and April this year, the syndicate used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to combine the facial features of its members with those of people in photos in identity cards that had been…