"Create a secret word or phrase": Shark Tank investor Lori Greiner reveals an important safety tip against AI clones

Shark Tank investor Lori Greiner shared an Instagram clip on March 17, 2025, revealing an important safety tip. She talked about how individuals can stay safe against advanced technology and tools such as AI clones. While sharing her thoughts on the safety of individuals and their loved ones, Lori mentioned creating a secret word of phrase.

As the Shark Tank mentor stated, individuals need to share a "secret" phrase with their family members to ensure they are the "real" themselves, not a cloned version. Revealing more on the safety tip, Lori Greiner stated:

"Create a secret word or phrase with your family that you all can use to verify your identity. It can be a phrase like, I'm picking up celery or a random word like garbanzo piece. It doesn't matter what it is, but just make sure you can use it in a sentence and make sure everyone in your family or those close in your circle knows what it is and can use it if they feel they might be getting scammed and need to know if it is really you talking to them."

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Shark Tank investor Lori Greiner opens up about AI clones and how to stay safe among such technological advancements

In a recently shared Instagram clip, Shark Tank mentor Lori Greiner shared her thoughts on safety tips against advanced threats, including AI clones. Fans of ABC reality shows must know about the female entrepreneur as she is one of the Sharks in the series.

While sharing her thoughts on AI clones and other potential threats, Lori Greiner stated an important "safety tip" while there are many "scams" around us. To stay safe, she suggested that individuals should have a "secret family code." It can also be a phrase that will help them against such scams.

The Shark revealed:

"Here's an important safety tip with all the scams that are going on out there using AI clones to trick people. It's smart to have a secret family code word or phrase to help protect against these scams. The FBI recently shared that scammers are using AI for many things, including creating fake profiles, fake messages, and fake websites, fake images, driver's licenses, and other official documents."

She further stated that "fake videos" can be used during live chats to generate people's voices. They would act so that individuals would feel that they are talking to their loved ones from the other side. However, they are scams, as they might be using the latest technological advancements to do so.

"They're also making fake videos for live chats, including people's voices, including family members in order to scam them. They're using it to con your loved ones out of money," she added.

To avoid getting involved in such scams, the Shark Tank mentor suggested creating a "secret word" to verify your identity with your family members. As she said, such a phrase or word could be anything random.

The important thing is that it could be used during such critical times after creating such a phrase or word. Lori advised using this word so that your family and friends can understand that it is really you and not a clone.

It would help them understand that it is "really you" who is talking to them. She concluded the video clip by asking everyone to "be careful" out there as many such "scams" are happening.

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