Google DeepMind and Singapore’s GovTech, alongside Google, announce and roll out AI-based scam detection for encrypted messaging and Google Messages
Deployment Provisional 66% confidence first seen
Google DeepMind and Singapore’s GovTech announced an on-device AI model intended to help detect scams involving manipulative social engineering in real time on smartphones, without using cloud scanning. Separately, The Verge reports that Android/Google Messages is rolling out enhanced scam-defense features that use Gemini-based analysis to identify suspicious conversations, with a staged rollout over the coming weeks.