Brilliant AI bot imitates a granny to keep phone scammers on the line for hours
British carrier O2 created Daisy (dAIsy), a chatbot with the personality of a grandma who wants to keep phone scammers on the line.
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.
‘AI Granny’ is happy to talk with phone scammers all day
On Thursday, the UK’s largest mobile network operator, O2, introduced a chatbot designed to frustrate phone scammers. Called “dAIsy,” it mimics an older
Daisy the AI grandma is here to answer calls from scammers and waste their time
UK carrier O2 has created an AI grandma that will trap scammers in meandering conversations to waste as much of their time as possible Daisy is trained on real anonymized scammer data in partnership with well-known scambaiter Jim Browning of the YouTube channel Tech Support Scams New survey reveals that 7 in 10 (71%) of people in the UK would like to get their own back against scammers that have tried to trick them or their loved ones.
This 'AI Granny' Bores Scammers to Tears
After a survey found that 71% of Brits want revenge on scammers, mobile operator O2 deploys Daisy, an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line to waste their time.
A new AI granny is fighting digital scammers
A new AI “granny” from British phone company O2 keeps scammers distracted, as financial fraud becomes a global problem.
O2's AI granny knits tall tales to waste scam callers' time
Brit mobile network's Daisy has time, patience, and plenty of yarns to spin Watch out, scammers. O2 has created a new weapon in the fight against fraud: an AI granny that will keep you talking until you get bored and give up.
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