cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29777938
More than half of Americans reported receiving at least one scam call per day in 2024. To combat the rise of sophisticated conversational scams that deceive victims over the course of a phone call, we introduced Scam Detection late last year to U.S.-based English-speaking Phone by Google public beta users on Pixel phones.
We use AI models processed on-device to analyze conversations in real-time and warn users of potential scams. If a caller, for example, tries to get you to provide payment via gift cards to complete a delivery, Scam Detection will alert you through audio and haptic notifications and display a warning on your phone that the call may be a scam.
I’m European. I was dating an American once. During our date he got several calls, all labelled “likely spam”. His phone was on mute but I could see the screen. When I asked about it he said he gets them all day non stop.