A series of AI-generated attempts to mimic Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s voice has experts and lawmakers pushing for more safeguards against the rise of synthetic audio threats. Officials are on high alert after an impostor,

“A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials,” Axelrod wrote on X. “This is the new world in which we live, and we’d better figure out how to defend against it because of its implications for our democracy and the world,” he wrote on X.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday met with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of a major Asian conference in Malaysia as President Trump’s tariffs roil U.S. partners in Asia. Rubio described his conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as “constructive and pragmatic” and emphasized the importance of keeping channels of communication open.

An unknown individual or group using AI impersonated Secretary of State Marco Rubio to contact at least five high-level government, according to a State Department cable.

Marco Rubio is reportedly being impersonated using artificial intelligence. An imposter who used AI to imitate the secretary of state's voice and writing style has contacted a range of foreign and domestic officials posing as Rubio, according to a senior U.S. official and a State Department cable obtained by The Washington Post.

A mysterious impersonator masquerading as Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reached out to three foreign ministers and two high-level US officials while imitating his likeness using AI, according to a report.