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Wednesday, 14 October 2026

Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

TechCrunch 23 hours ago 6

Apate.ai deployed thousands of undercover AI agents that impersonate scam victims to engage fraudsters and collect intelligence for customers. The company says its agents have wasted 17 years of scammers’ time across 2.5 million conversations. Customers use the extracted details to adjust anti-fraud measures and initiatives, with reported results including a 76% drop in publicly reported scam losses for Commonwealth.

Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages

The Verge 1 day ago 50 ● 3 sources

Android is rolling out enhanced scam-defense features in Google Messages that evaluate suspicious conversations with unrecognized senders using cloud-based Gemini AI models. The enhanced protection setting is scheduled to roll out in the coming weeks. As a result, Google Messages will add additional safeguards beyond its existing Scam Detection feature by analyzing likely scam intent during the chat flow.

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