Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, turning to artificial intelligence to better con their victims out of money. This includes using deepfakes to present themselves as someone else. Now, AI is being used in the fight back with telecom company O2 deploying an AI-powered granny in the battle.
Named Daisy, it is a new AI tool with the voice of a grandmother designed to talk with fraudsters and "waste as much of their time as possible". Basically, she rambles on about anything and everything to keep them away from real people.
