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.

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.

Telephone scams are nothing new, but with the advent of AI, it has become harder than ever for people to know whether the person they're speaking to is in fact who they say they are. Daisy, as the bot is called,

Scammers beware, there's a new AI ready to waste your time on the phone — and it's intentionally programmed to sound like someone's proud grandma. Developed by UK provider Virgin Media O2 and announced on Thursday,

A new AI “granny” from British phone company O2 keeps scammers distracted, as financial fraud becomes a global problem.