Generative phone scam baiter lady picks up to prove AI can be a force for good [Video]

In a rather hilarious turn of events, phone scammers who use lists to dial random numbers and concoct some sob story as to why the recipient has to part with their money, have finally met their match… in the form of an AI granny bot.

British carrier O2 (via PCMag) tasked its AI team with creating a talkative sweet old lady as a virtual avatar that will answer some of the numbers in the lists they knew are circulating among scammers.

When the unfortunate hucksters for through their number roster and dial one of said numbers, the “AI scambaiter” lady will pick up and talk them around in circles while they are trying to extract some meaningful information out of her.

Video credit – O2

As you can see in the demo video above, the AI granny can chat scammers up to death and is even ready to dole out some fake bank number accounts to keep the …