Screenshot captured by NPR 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 ...

British mobile phone company Virgin Media O2 has rolled out a new method to vex phone scammers, an artificial intelligence “granny” that keeps them tied up talking so they can’t target real customers.

Millions of O2 customers will have suspected scam and nuisance calls flagged before they even pick up the phone, thanks to a free AI-powered feature that has just launched. O2 claims it is the first ...

The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from... A phone company developed an AI 'granny' to beat ...