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The Scam Caller Is AI. Who Do You Hang Up On?
AI scam calls are changing a familiar problem: what happens when the person trying to fool you isn't a person at all? If you already hesitate before answering an unknown number, this adds another reason to wonder exactly what's waiting on the other end.
One AI scam call gets an unexpected response when someone who understands prompting starts pushing the caller away from its script. Instead of simply hanging up, he keeps manipulating its instructions to see just how far the machine can be pushed.
Phone scams used to leave you looking for the person responsible. AI makes that much murkier…
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