AI: this fake granny can drive scam callers to distraction


Daisy can keep a caller on the line for a (very) long time. — Photography O2/YouTube/AFP Relaxnews

A UK mobile network operator has come up with an innovative solution for discouraging scam callers. It has developed an artificial intelligence tool capable of holding conversations with scammers and keeping them on the line for as long as possible.

O2 has unveiled Daisy, an "AI granny" whose sole purpose is to waste the time of telephone scammers. This virtual granny's mission is to keep scammers on the phone with her interminable conversations, wasting a lot of their time, and therefore limiting the number of potential victims.

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