Tiny Firm Deploys AI Grannies to Waste Scammers' Time

Australian startup Apate.AI, run by 20 people, deploys AI personas posing as elderly victims to engage scammers, wasting 17 years of their time across 2.5 million interactions and extracting 250,000 pieces of intelligence.

2026-10-19 ~ 2026-10-19 · 2 related posts

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