When you think of a knitting granny, you won’t necessarily think of surveillance at its finest; however, this assumption has already been the downfall of scammers. In fact, scammers who delight in trying to catch an elderly victim on the phone have found themselves at the mercy of the new AI granny!
Who is the AI granny?
She pretends to knit with crochet blanket kits, drinks tea, and will call you ‘dear’ while talking about her cat, but this new scambaiting chatbot – called Daisy – is a piece of cutting-edge AI designed to crack down on cybercrime. This innovative piece of technology is just one way of tackling financial crime in the most time-wasting of ways; what’s more, it is preventing vast numbers of hoax calls.
What does the AI granny do?
Daisy the scam-baiting chatbot intercepts cybercriminals who are attempting to hoax call other victims. She aims to keep them talking as long as possible and has already exposed a number of scammers by rambling away with chat about cats, crochet blanket kits, and cups of tea whilst tackling cybercrime in a highly innovative way.
She calls scammers ‘dear’ and infuriates them. Some have been recorded shouting and swearing as she continues, unabashed! Data from Ofcom has shown that nearly half of the British landline owners receive scam phone calls and 39% of mobile phone users. These add up to millions of fake calls every year. Fraud is already accounting for 40% of British crime, and the cost to society is currently about £6.8bn and expected to grow.
With this kind of AI in place to save time, stress, and financial loss from crime, the hope is that older people can genuinely relax and enjoy their cats, grandchildren, hobbies, and crafts without being scammed. To find crafting supplies, visit The Wool Couture Company or another specialist retailer.
Let Daisy carry on doing the hard work of seeing off the scammers in her indomitable style and prevent crime in the most innovative way. Scammers should watch out, as the AI scam-baiting granny is just the first of her kind.
