The AI granny scamming the scammers

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Daisy is an AI bot designed to waste fraudsters' time. She's been created by Virgin Media O2, who say she's "indistinguishable" from a real human. The company, which has been posting her phone number on scamming forums, says she's already answered 1,000 calls - and kept some people on the line for more than 40 minutes. In this episode of our podcast 5 Minutes On, the BBC's Will Chalk tries his hand at outsmarting her. We also ask BBC Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy just how big a breakthrough this could be. (Image: Virgin Media O2)