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, scammers. I’m your worst nightmare,” Daisy says by way of introduction to would-be ne’er-do-wells.
In the video introduction, featuring former Love Island contestant and scam victim Amy Hart, scammers are heard feeling much of the same frustrations they put their victims through as Daisy breezily yammers on about her kitten, Fluffy, and her inability to follow the scammers’ instructions.
I remember his chatbot keeping a scammer busy for like 40 minutes, I haven’t checked back in for a while though
Currently watching a VOD from a week ago and he’s still working on it. His team made a much more streamlined display for it and it’s stopped saying “pauses” out loud. He’s also experimented with letting chat feed the bot prompts and seemed surprised that they made it talk like a pirate.