A screenshot of the AI-generated “Daisy” — a brand new program launched by British cellphone firm O2 to fight cellphone scams.
Screenshot captured by NPR/O2
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British cell phone firm O2 has unveiled a brand new creation, Daisy, a chit-chat and kitty-cat loving synthetic intelligence “granny” who talks to scammers to maintain them away from actual folks.
“Hello, scammers. I’m your worst nightmare,” Daisy says by means of introduction to would-be ne’er-do-wells.
In the video introduction, that includes former Love Island contestant and rip-off sufferer Amy Hart, scammers are heard feeling a lot of the identical frustrations they put their victims via as Daisy breezily yammers on about her kitten, Fluffy, and her incapacity to observe the scammers’ directions.
“I feel your career is bothering folks, proper?” one defeated scammer tells Daisy after being given the runaround.
“It’s almost been an hour! For the love of [bleep],” one other yells in frustration.
But for Daisy, time could not be much less of a priority.
“While they’re busy speaking to me, they can not be scamming you. And let’s face it, pricey, I’ve acquired on a regular basis on the earth,” she says.
O2, the corporate behind the scam-baiting granny, stated the AI expertise can maintain scammers on the cellphone for 40 minutes at a time. Daisy was skilled with the assistance of YouTuber and software program engineer Jim Browning, who has made a web-based profession exposing scammers to his group of 4.4 million subscribers.
In order to bait scammers into time-wasting calls, the corporate utilized the observe of “quantity seeding,” which put the AI granny’s quantity on lists utilized by scammers to search out their victims. The granny gimmick’s aim is twofold: to maintain scammers away from actual folks and to lift consciousness concerning the risks of dangerous cellphone hoaxes.
“We’re dedicated to taking part in our half in stopping the scammers, investing in every thing from firewall expertise to dam out rip-off texts to AI-powered spam name detection to maintain our prospects protected,” Murray Mackenzie, the corporate’s director of fraud, stated in an announcement.
“But crucially, Daisy can also be a reminder that irrespective of how persuasive somebody on the opposite finish of the cellphone could also be, they don’t seem to be all the time who you suppose they’re.”
