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O2's AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers' time
O2, the mobile operator arm of Brit telecoms giant Virgin Media ( VMO2 ), says it has built the human-like AI to answer calls from fraudsters in real time, keeping them busy on the phone and wasting their time by pretending to be a potential vulnerable target.
Telecom Builds AI ‘Grandmother’ Bot to Talk to Phone Scammers and Waste Their Time
Called Daisy, or "dAIsy," the voice-based AI mimics a senior citizen to hold meandering conversations with phone scammers.
O2’s Innovative AI Granny Wastes Scammers’ Time
O2 introduces an AI-based solution named ‘Granny’ designed to combat phone scams by engaging scammers in prolonged conversations. The AI, known as ‘Daisy,’ mimics a human to make scammers believe they have a real target, effectively wasting their time.
Daisy the AI granny is here to answer calls from scammers and waste their time
New survey reveals that 7 in 10 (71%) of Brits would like to get their own back against scammers that have tried to trick them or their loved ones.
O2 creates AI tool that wastes phone scammers' time by pretending to be elderly woman
The telecoms giant said it had created the so-called 'scambaiter' tool in response to research which found that seven in 10 people wanted to get their own back on scammers
O2 creates AI tool to waste phone scammers’ time
O2 creates AI tool to waste phone scammers’ time - The artificial intelligence-powered tool can hold autonomous voice conversations with scammers to keep them on the phone and away from real people.
AI tool that wastes phone scammers’ time launched in the UK
British mobile operator O2 has created an AI-powered tool that sounds like an elderly grandmother, keeping phone scammers on calls and away from the general public. The telecoms giant said it had created the so-called “scambaiter” tool in response to research which found that seven in 10 people wanted to get their own back on scammers,
AI tool that sounds like a grandmother created to waste phone scammers’ time
AI tool that sounds like a grandmother created to waste phone scammers’ time - The tool was created as part of the ‘Swerve the Scammers’ campaign
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