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Have a safeword with your grandparents. If anyone claims to be you, they have to know the safeword.
Aside, this isnt new, and doesnt require AI. You dont need to do fancy voice matching or anything special, just claim that the phone connection is bad.
The problem with this is that they would have to be suspicious in the first place to ask for it. If they are already suspicious then the scam will likely fail anyway, they tend to only really work when the assumption of who they are exists and they get that by raising stress levels by claiming some kind of emergency.
"Grandma, there are lots of scammers around, if anyone calls and claims to be me, ask for the password"
Yes, it only works if we also appropriately educate our at risk family members and instill a healthy level of caution. But if we aren't willing to do that, then there is nothing that can be done.