Of course, they may not realise that that is what they are doing.

Daisy is, of course, not a real grandmother but an AI bot created by computer scientists to combat fraud. Her task is simply to waste the time of the people who are trying to scam her.

O2 rolled out “AI granny” Daisy for a short period to show what could be done with artificial intelligence to counter the scourge of scammers who have become so ubiquitous.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/feb/04/ai-granny-scammers-phone-fraud

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