Former England captain Michael Vaughan has defended star India batter Virat Kohli after his flop show with the bat in the 1st innings of the Perth Test against Australia. Kohli managed just five runs before fending off a climbing Josh Hazlewood delivery to Usman Khawaja at slip. His 12-ball stay in the middle extended his lean patch with the bat, having managed just 93 runs in the recent home series loss to New Zealand. The former India captain hasn't scored a century since the West Indies tour last year. Vaughan, however, refused to rule Kohli out just yet despite his failure in the 1st innings in Perth. He suggested it's too early to judge Kohli, highlighting how the excessive seam movement made life difficult for most batters. "It is too hard to judge him. Coming out of the crease in Perth when the ball is bouncing is a tactic not many try to pull off and he went for that. It bounced and he found the outside edge. But I think that now we have seen Australia (bat),
British telecom giant Virgin Media O2 recently launched 'Daisy', a revolutionary, human-like chatbot designed to combat scams. Designed to mimic the conversational style of a wise and witty grandmother, Daisy engages with fraudsters in real time, wasting their time and resources. According to Forbes, Daisy automates the practice of "scambaiting," a tactic where individuals pose as potential victims to tie up scammers' time, expose their tactics publicly, gather intelligence for law enforcement, and disrupt scammer devices' algorithms.
Daisy works by answering calls in real-time, mimicking human conversation to engage scammers, ultimately reducing the number of successful scams and protecting vulnerable consumers. This not only wastes their time but also gathers valuable data for law enforcement, helping to disrupt scammer operations.
This AI-powered chatbot impersonates an older adult as elderly individuals are often targeted by scammers because they are perceived as less tech-savvy. Daisy's digital existence allows her to engage with scammers around the clock, uninterrupted by human needs like sleep or personal hygiene.
''While they're busy talking to me they can't be scamming you, and let's face it, dear, I've got all the time in the world,'' the bot says in the introductory video from O2. The video depicts Daisy as a photorealistic AI-generated woman with grey hair, glasses, and pearls, conversing on a retro pink landline.
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The video also captures real-life exchanges between Daisy and frustrated scammers. As Daisy talks with the fraudsters, she avoids divulging sensitive information, such as bank accounts and credit card numbers. She instead steered the conversations toward mundane topics. As a result, scammers grow increasingly irritated as Daisy enthusiastically discusses her cat, Fluffy, or launches into lengthy tangents about her family, knitting hobbies, or fake personal details.
Notably, Daisy has a dedicated phone number strategically added to scammers' contact lists by O2's anti-fraud team. This clever setup enables Daisy to engage with fraudsters, utilising advanced AI technology to listen to callers transcribe their voice into text and respond convincingly using a custom large language model.
Daisy's personality is crafted to resemble a sweet British granny, thanks to a character "personality" layer. To perfect her authentic tone, London-based creative agency VCCP Faith drew inspiration from a staff member's grandmother, replicating her voice to create Daisy's believable persona.
"By tricking the criminals into thinking they were defrauding a real person and playing on scammers' biases about older people, Daisy has prevented them from targeting real victims and, most importantly, has exposed the common tactics used so customers can better protect themselves," O2 said in a statement.
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