A screenshot of the AI-generated “Daisy” — a brand new program launched by British telephone firm O2 to fight telephone 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 individuals.
“Good day, scammers. I am your worst nightmare,” Daisy says by means of introduction to would-be ne’er-do-wells.
Within 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 by means of as Daisy breezily yammers on about her kitten, Fluffy, and her incapability to comply with the scammers’ directions.
“I feel your occupation is bothering individuals, proper?” one defeated scammer tells Daisy after being given the runaround.
“It is almost been an hour! For the love of [bleep],” one other yells in frustration.
However for Daisy, time could not be much less of a priority.
“Whereas they’re busy speaking to me, they cannot be scamming you. And let’s face it, pricey, I’ve obtained on a regular basis on the planet,” she says.
O2, the corporate behind the scam-baiting granny, stated the AI expertise can hold scammers on the telephone for 40 minutes at a time. Daisy was educated 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.
With the intention 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 objective is twofold: to maintain scammers away from actual individuals and to lift consciousness in regards to the risks of dangerous telephone hoaxes.
“We’re dedicated to enjoying our half in stopping the scammers, investing in all the things from firewall expertise to dam out rip-off texts to AI-powered spam name detection to maintain our clients protected,” Murray Mackenzie, the corporate’s director of fraud, stated in a press release.
“However crucially, Daisy can also be a reminder that regardless of how persuasive somebody on the opposite finish of the telephone could also be, they are not at all times who you suppose they’re.”
