<p>Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets has signed a contract with Inter Miami that will see him reunited with Argentine superstar Lionel Messi through the 2025 season, the Major League Soccer club said Sunday. Completion of the deal comes a day after Messi, who sparked Argentina to a World Cup title last year in Qatar, signed his own contract with the club.</p>

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<p>Inter had announced last month that they were acquiring Busquets, who will be reunited with his former Barcelona teammate Messi. The one-time World Cup champion, nine-time La Liga winner and former Barca captain will occupy a Designated Player slot and is expected to join the team "in the coming days," Inter said.</p>

<p>"I am excited to welcome Sergio Busquets to Inter Miami," managing owner Jorge Mas said in a statement.</p>

<p>"Since day one we have set out to bring the world's best players to Inter Miami. Sergio's repertoire speaks for itself."</p>

<h2><strong>Signing of a champion</strong></h2>

<p>Busquets, 34, said in May that he would leave Barcelona this year at the end of his contract. He made 134 appearances for Spain before announcing his retirement from the team in December. Busquets has been a central part of Barcelona's successes in the past 15 years, including three Champions League triumphs. Busquets played as pivot behind Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez in an iconic midfield trio, and the three of them also won the World Cup with Spain in 2010.</p>

<p>"He is one of the smartest players to ever play the sport," Inter's sporting director Chris Henderson said. "He reads the game at an unprecedented level and impacts every facet of play."</p>

<p>Busquets said the move offered a "special and exciting opportunity."</p>

<p>"I was impressed by the cub when I came with Barcelona last year and now I'm happy and ready to represent the club myself. I can't wait to help bring the success that this ambitious club strives for."</p>

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<p>The signing comes a day after Messi inked the contract that has energized football fans in Miami and beyond, and on the same day that Inter planned to officially present him at an "unveiling" at the club's ground. Messi and Busquets arrive as Inter Miami have sunk to the very bottom of Major League Soccer. The club's winless run extended to 11 games with a 3-0 defeat at St. Louis City on Saturday -- their 14th defeat in 22 games. Miami are bottom of the Eastern Conference and their latest loss also left them in last place in the overall standings -- 29th of 29 clubs.</p>

<p>Messi has been expected to make his debut on Friday against Cruz Azul in the new Leagues Cup, a tournament featuring all the top-flight teams from MLS and Mexico's Liga MX. Inter said Busquets will first be available for the same game.</p>

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Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets has signed a contract with Inter Miami that will see him reunited with Argentine superstar Lionel Messi through the 2025 season, the Major League Soccer club said Sunday.

Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets has signed a contract with Inter Miami that will see him reunited with Argentine superstar Lionel Messi through the 2025 season, the Major League Soccer club said Sunday. Completion of the deal comes a day after Messi, who sparked Argentina to a World Cup title last year in Qatar, signed his own contract with the club. Llegó nuestro 5️⃣ pic.twitter.com/cyvZAqX80g — Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) July 17, 2023 × Inter had announced last month that they were acquiring Busquets, who will be reunited with his former Barcelona teammate Messi. The one-time World Cup champion, nine-time La Liga winner and former Barca captain will occupy a Designated Player slot and is expected to join the team "in the coming days," Inter said. "I am excited to welcome Sergio Busquets to Inter Miami," managing owner Jorge Mas said in a statement. "Since day one we have set out to bring the world's best players to Inter Miami. Sergio's repertoire speaks for itself." Signing of a champion Busquets, 34, said in May that he would leave Barcelona this year at the end of his contract. He made 134 appearances for Spain before announcing his retirement from the team in December. Busquets has been a central part of Barcelona's successes in the past 15 years, including three Champions League triumphs. Busquets played as pivot behind Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez in an iconic midfield trio, and the three of them also won the World Cup with Spain in 2010. "He is one of the smartest players to ever play the sport," Inter's sporting director Chris Henderson said. "He reads the game at an unprecedented level and impacts every facet of play." Busquets said the move offered a "special and exciting opportunity." "I was impressed by the cub when I came with Barcelona last year and now I'm happy and ready to represent the club myself. I can't wait to help bring the success that this ambitious club strives for." Also Read: Mexico down Panama 1-0 to lift CONCACAF Gold Cup The signing comes a day after Messi inked the contract that has energized football fans in Miami and beyond, and on the same day that Inter planned to officially present him at an "unveiling" at the club's ground. Messi and Busquets arrive as Inter Miami have sunk to the very bottom of Major League Soccer. The club's winless run extended to 11 games with a 3-0 defeat at St. Louis City on Saturday -- their 14th defeat in 22 games. Miami are bottom of the Eastern Conference and their latest loss also left them in last place in the overall standings -- 29th of 29 clubs. Messi has been expected to make his debut on Friday against Cruz Azul in the new Leagues Cup, a tournament featuring all the top-flight teams from MLS and Mexico's Liga MX. Inter said Busquets will first be available for the same game. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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<p>Rekha the Bollywood diva has gone viral again with a photoshoot for Vogue Arabia magazine. She poses luxuriously on the cover of Vogue Arabia, which is captioned "A rare sitting with Bollywood's eternal icon." She wears various costumes created by Manish Malhotra, the go-to fashion designer for the Hindi film business. She referred to him as a "wise patient pujari" and expressed her gratitude for Malhotra's diligent efforts to get the best looks to come to life.</p>

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<h2><strong>Manish Malhotra’s many looks for Rekha</strong></h2>

<p>The theme of the looks seems royalty, in a blend of Indian and Arabian styles. A few European touches especially in the head gear can be seen.</p>

<p>Talking about her industry roots (she was born to Tamil superstars Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli) for the cover story, Rekha said that even though she was born in an acting family, it is her “insatiable question for learning... that gives me command over my craft”.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>She further said, "I feel like a newcomer every day," implying that she still has a lot to offer as a performer. "And I have faith in people who exhibit devotion, just like I do."</p>

<p>With her magnificent three-cover photoshoot with Vogue, Rekha, whose vintage images and older film roles continue to excite a certain new-age demographic, is sure to win over fans. GenZ idolises Rekha for her outspoken personality, sense of dressing, and grace with which she carries herself.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Rekha can still easily pose for photographs, even though her chat with Vogue Arabia may have become&nbsp;too abstract when the <em>Silsila</em> and <em>Khoobsurat </em>actress just analysed her own "instinct for the perseverance of beauty." This interview is unusual because it is "once in a blue moon" and is going viral for that reason alone.</p>

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Rekha the Bollywood diva has gone viral again with a photoshoot for Vogue Arabia magazine. She poses luxuriously on the cover of Vogue Arabia, which is captioned "A rare sitting with Bollywood's eternal icon.

Rekha the Bollywood diva has gone viral again with a photoshoot for Vogue Arabia magazine. She poses luxuriously on the cover of Vogue Arabia, which is captioned "A rare sitting with Bollywood's eternal icon." She wears various costumes created by Manish Malhotra, the go-to fashion designer for the Hindi film business. She referred to him as a "wise patient pujari" and expressed her gratitude for Malhotra's diligent efforts to get the best looks to come to life. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vogue Arabia (@voguearabia) × Manish Malhotra’s many looks for Rekha The theme of the looks seems royalty, in a blend of Indian and Arabian styles. A few European touches especially in the head gear can be seen. Talking about her industry roots (she was born to Tamil superstars Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli) for the cover story, Rekha said that even though she was born in an acting family, it is her “insatiable question for learning... that gives me command over my craft”. Rekha's return? She further said, "I feel like a newcomer every day," implying that she still has a lot to offer as a performer. "And I have faith in people who exhibit devotion, just like I do." With her magnificent three-cover photoshoot with Vogue, Rekha, whose vintage images and older film roles continue to excite a certain new-age demographic, is sure to win over fans. GenZ idolises Rekha for her outspoken personality, sense of dressing, and grace with which she carries herself. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vogue Arabia (@voguearabia) × Rekha can still easily pose for photographs, even though her chat with Vogue Arabia may have become too abstract when the Silsila and Khoobsurat actress just analysed her own "instinct for the perseverance of beauty." This interview is unusual because it is "once in a blue moon" and is going viral for that reason alone.

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<p>The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real – an American mother heard her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl was an AI clone and the abduction was fake.</p>

<p>The biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to demolish the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals a cheap and effective technology to propagate disinformation.</p>

<p>In a new breed of scams that has rattled US authorities, fraudsters are using strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools – widely available online – to steal from people by impersonating family members.</p>

<p>"Help me, mom, please help me," Jennifer DeStefano, an Arizona-based mother, heard a voice saying on the other end of the line.</p>

<p>DeStefano was "100 per cent" convinced it was her 15-year-old daughter in deep distress while away on a skiing trip.</p>

<p>"It was never a question of who is this? It was completely her voice... it was the way she would have cried," DeStefano told a local television station in April.</p>

<p>"I never doubted for one second it was her."</p>

<p>The scammer who took over the call, which came from a number unfamiliar to DeStefano, demanded up to $1 million.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The AI-powered ruse was over within minutes when DeStefano established contact with her daughter. But the terrifying case, now under police investigation, underscored the potential for cybercriminals to misuse AI clones.</p>

<h2>Grandparent scam</h2>

<p>"AI voice cloning, now almost indistinguishable from human speech, allows threat actors like scammers to extract information and funds from victims more effectively," Wasim Khaled, chief executive of Blackbird.AI, told AFP.</p>

<p>A simple internet search yields a wide array of apps, many available for free, to create AI voices with a small sample -- sometimes only a few seconds -- of a person's real voice that can be easily stolen from content posted online.</p>

<p>"With a small audio sample, an AI voice clone can be used to leave voicemails and voice texts. It can even be used as a live voice changer on phone calls," Khaled said.</p>

<p>"Scammers can employ different accents, genders, or even mimic the speech patterns of loved ones. [The technology] allows for the creation of convincing deep fakes."</p>

<p>In a global survey of 7,000 people from nine countries, including the United States, one in four people said they had experienced an AI voice cloning scam or knew someone who had.</p>

<p>Seventy per cent of the respondents said they were not confident they could "tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing," said the survey, published last month by the US-based McAfee Labs.</p>

<p>American officials have warned of a rise in what is popularly known as the "grandparent scam" -– where an imposter poses as a grandchild in urgent need of money in a distressful situation.</p>

<p>"You get a call. There's a panicked voice on the line. It's your grandson. He says he's in deep trouble —- he wrecked the car and landed in jail. But you can help by sending money," the US Federal Trade Commission said in a warning in March.</p>

<p>"It sounds just like him. How could it be a scam? Voice cloning, that's how."</p>

<p>In the comments beneath the FTC's warning were multiple testimonies of elderly people who had been duped that way.</p>

<h2>'Malicious'</h2>

<p>That also mirrors the experience of Eddie, a 19-year-old in Chicago whose grandfather received a call from someone who sounded just like him, claiming he needed money after a car accident.</p>

<p>The ruse, reported by McAfee Labs, was so convincing that his grandfather urgently started scrounging together money and even considered re-mortgaging his house, before the lie was discovered.</p>

<p>"Because it is now easy to generate highly realistic voice clones... nearly anyone with any online presence is vulnerable to an attack," Hany Farid, a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information, told AFP.</p>

<p>"These scams are gaining traction and spreading."</p>

<p>Earlier this year, AI startup ElevenLabs admitted that its voice cloning tool could be misused for "malicious purposes" after users posted a deepfake audio purporting to be actor Emma Watson reading Adolf Hitler's biography "Mein Kampf."</p>

<p>"We're fast approaching the point where you can't trust the things that you see on the internet," Gal Tal-Hochberg, group chief technology officer at the venture capital firm Team8, told AFP.</p>

<p>"We are going to need new technology to know if the person you think you're talking to is actually the person you're talking to," he said.<br />
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The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real – an American mother heard her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl was an AI clone and the abduction was fake.

The voice on the phone seemed frighteningly real – an American mother heard her daughter sobbing before a man took over and demanded a ransom. But the girl was an AI clone and the abduction was fake. The biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to demolish the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing cybercriminals a cheap and effective technology to propagate disinformation. In a new breed of scams that has rattled US authorities, fraudsters are using strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools – widely available online – to steal from people by impersonating family members. "Help me, mom, please help me," Jennifer DeStefano, an Arizona-based mother, heard a voice saying on the other end of the line. DeStefano was "100 per cent" convinced it was her 15-year-old daughter in deep distress while away on a skiing trip. "It was never a question of who is this? It was completely her voice... it was the way she would have cried," DeStefano told a local television station in April. "I never doubted for one second it was her." The scammer who took over the call, which came from a number unfamiliar to DeStefano, demanded up to $1 million. The AI-powered ruse was over within minutes when DeStefano established contact with her daughter. But the terrifying case, now under police investigation, underscored the potential for cybercriminals to misuse AI clones. Grandparent scam "AI voice cloning, now almost indistinguishable from human speech, allows threat actors like scammers to extract information and funds from victims more effectively," Wasim Khaled, chief executive of Blackbird.AI, told AFP. A simple internet search yields a wide array of apps, many available for free, to create AI voices with a small sample -- sometimes only a few seconds -- of a person's real voice that can be easily stolen from content posted online. "With a small audio sample, an AI voice clone can be used to leave voicemails and voice texts. It can even be used as a live voice changer on phone calls," Khaled said. "Scammers can employ different accents, genders, or even mimic the speech patterns of loved ones. [The technology] allows for the creation of convincing deep fakes." In a global survey of 7,000 people from nine countries, including the United States, one in four people said they had experienced an AI voice cloning scam or knew someone who had. Seventy per cent of the respondents said they were not confident they could "tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing," said the survey, published last month by the US-based McAfee Labs. American officials have warned of a rise in what is popularly known as the "grandparent scam" -– where an imposter poses as a grandchild in urgent need of money in a distressful situation. "You get a call. There's a panicked voice on the line. It's your grandson. He says he's in deep trouble —- he wrecked the car and landed in jail. But you can help by sending money," the US Federal Trade Commission said in a warning in March. "It sounds just like him. How could it be a scam? Voice cloning, that's how." In the comments beneath the FTC's warning were multiple testimonies of elderly people who had been duped that way. 'Malicious' That also mirrors the experience of Eddie, a 19-year-old in Chicago whose grandfather received a call from someone who sounded just like him, claiming he needed money after a car accident. The ruse, reported by McAfee Labs, was so convincing that his grandfather urgently started scrounging together money and even considered re-mortgaging his house, before the lie was discovered. "Because it is now easy to generate highly realistic voice clones... nearly anyone with any online presence is vulnerable to an attack," Hany Farid, a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information, told AFP. "These scams are gaining traction and spreading." Earlier this year, AI startup ElevenLabs admitted that its voice cloning tool could be misused for "malicious purposes" after users posted a deepfake audio purporting to be actor Emma Watson reading Adolf Hitler's biography "Mein Kampf." "We're fast approaching the point where you can't trust the things that you see on the internet," Gal Tal-Hochberg, group chief technology officer at the venture capital firm Team8, told AFP. "We are going to need new technology to know if the person you think you're talking to is actually the person you're talking to," he said.

Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams rattle US

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