An AI call filter has warned UK phone users about a billion scam calls
Virgin Media O2 says its AI system has now labelled more than a billion suspected scam and spam calls, about 70 million a month, and blocks known fraud numbers outright.
Why it matters
When a call arrives tagged as a suspected scam, people answer it 42% less often, and the calls they do pick up end much faster. That blunts the con artist's best trick: catching you off guard.
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