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"Scambaiting" is when the target of a phone or online scam realizes what's happening and plays along. The goal is to waste as much of the scammer's time as possible. The process is often hilarious and ...

British mobile phone company O2 has unveiled a new creation, Daisy, a chit-chat and kitty-cat loving artificial intelligence "granny" who talks to scammers to keep them away from real people. "Hello, ...

SO FOLKS, THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU. A BRITISH PHONE COMPANY HAS COME UP WITH AN AI GENERATED GRANNY TO WASTE SCAMMERS TIME KEEPING THEM ON THE PHONE SO THEY CAN’T GO AND TARGET ...

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At a time when AI scams are on the rise, one mobile operator is fighting back -- with an AI grandma. In a blog post, UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 introduced "Daisy," an AI granny whose sole ...

British mobile phone company Virgin Media O2 has rolled out a new method to vex phone scammers, an artificial intelligence “granny” that keeps them tied up talking so they can’t target real customers.

TL;DR: Phone scammers are becoming more sophisticated with AI, but AI can also be used against them. Virgin Media O2 has introduced an AI called Daisy, designed to impersonate a confused grandmother ...

O2 is deploying artificial intelligence to combat the rising tide of scam and nuisance calls, flagging over 50 million suspicious calls every month. Since launching its free Call Defence service in ...

Daisy Harris likes birds — there’s one outside her window. Her cat is named Fluffy, and she’d love to tell you about her knitting hobby. She likes tea and biscuits. And she just can’t seem to figure ...

More than 150million scam and spam calls have been flagged by O2's AI-powered 'call defence' tech since it launched in November. The feature, which was automatically activated on all compatible phones ...