Watch out, scammers! O2 has created a new weapon in the fight against fraud: an AI granny. Called Daisy, this state-of-the-art AI Granny’s mission is to talk with fraudsters and waste as much of their ...

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Some 70% of Brits were targeted by phone scammers in 2023 alone. Despite investing in sophisticated scam-fighting initiatives, by 2024 satisfaction with O2’s efforts to tackle fraud sat at just 24%.

UK mobile carrier O2 has created Daisy, an AI grandmother designed to waste the time of phone scammers by keeping them on the line as long as possible. Anyone can report a scam call or message by ...

British mobile phone company O2 has unveiled a new creation, Daisy, a chit-chat and kitty-cat loving artificial intelligence "granny" who talks to scammers to keep them away from real people. "Hello, ...

At first glance, Daisy looks like your stereotypical grandmother: She loves knitting and talking about her family, has a cat named Fluffy, is technologically inept and has plenty of time to shoot the ...

Daisy Harris likes birds — there’s one outside her window. Her cat is named Fluffy, and she’d love to tell you about her knitting hobby. She likes tea and biscuits. And she just can’t seem to figure ...

SO FOLKS, THIS IS SOMETHING I JUST HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU. A BRITISH PHONE COMPANY HAS COME UP WITH AN AI GENERATED GRANNY TO WASTE SCAMMERS TIME KEEPING THEM ON THE PHONE SO THEY CAN’T GO AND TARGET ...

'AI granny' Daisy is the latest weapon in the fight against phone scammers. Developed by British telecom company Virgin Media O2, the lifelike AI chatbot keeps fraudsters busy with endless chatter, ...

In 2024, O2 was being outspent and outpriced by its rivals. Determined to “out-innovate” the market, the telecoms giant turned its attention to protecting customers by addressing the threat of phone ...