AI robocalls: Why caller ID is still lying to you

The report highlights TNS findings that major carriers have largely adopted STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication while many smaller providers sign only about 20% of calls, enabling widespread spoofed and AI‑voiced robocalls. It explains how AI voice cloning combined with leaked personal data and inexpensive VoIP dialing produces highly convincing scams at massive scale (tens of billions of calls annually) and concludes with practical consumer protections and mitigation steps.