Faced with the rise in telephone scams, Daisy presents itself as an innovative solution and surprising solution. This artificial intelligence, embodied in the form of a virtual grandmother, has been designed to divert the attention of scammers and keep them on the phone as long as possible.
How does Daisy manage to fool fraudsters so effectively ? What technological secrets lie behind this virtual grandmother? Dive into this article to find out how Daisy is revolutionizing the fight against phone scams!
Daisy: a virtual grandmother to foil scammers
Daisy is an artificial intelligence innovative designed to embody a chatty virtual grandmother. With her warm voice and benevolent demeanor, she engages hustlers in endless conversations on a variety of subjects, from knitting to her grandchildren.
This clever approach divert the attention of crooks and keep them on the phone as long as possible, thus reducing their ability to harm other potential victims.
🤖🚫 #Innovation against #Scams Virgin Media O2 unveils #Daisya #IA anti-scammers! Daisy poses as a confused “grandma” to trap scammers and waste as much of their time as possible ⌛ foiling the #Scams and studying their methods… pic.twitter.com/iqWs7Tz5fY
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Advanced technology behind Daisy
Daisy’s design is based on several AI models that work together to listen to calls, convert speech into text and generate appropriate responses in real time. This makes Daisy authentic and difficult to detect as a chatbot, trapping fraudsters in prolonged interactions.
Thanks to this strategy, every minute spent with Daisy is a minute when scammers can’t con real people.
Implementation strategies: attracting scammers to Daisy
To maximize Daisy’s effectiveness, Virgin Media O2 uses the “number seeding” technique. In this method, Daisy’s number is intentionally entered into contact lists that are popular with scammers. In this way, they are automatically directed to Daisy when looking for new targets. Once they call this number, they find themselves trapped in endless AI-generated conversations.
This strategy aims to reduce the total number of scams by systematically diverting fraudsters to Daisy. While this doesn’t completely eliminate risk, it does considerably limit the number of consumers who can be duped at any one time.
