Hey Google! Who’s calling?

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Google is testing a new AI-based scam call detection feature. However, its legality is in question, as profiling callers based on conversation content without their consent is not permitted in India.

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According to the 2023 Global State of Scams Report by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance, over a 12- month period, people across the globe lost more than $1 trillion to scams.

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Indians lost more than Rs 1,750 crore to cyber criminals in the first four months of 2024 with over 7.4 lakh cybercrime complaints being registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal run by the ministry of home affairs between January and April 2024.

According to Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), on an average, 7,000 cybercrime complaints were registered per day in May 2024, a jump of 113.7% between 2021-2023 and 60.9% from 2022-2023. Of these, 85 per cent were online frauds.

Now, with Gemini Nano, which uses a new feature still under testing, your phone will be able to alert you in real time during a call if it detects conversation patterns commonly associated with scams.

Gemini Nano is the smallest version of Google’s Gemini AI model family, which can be executed on capable Android