Google Pixel phones get scam detection powered by on-device AI
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices.
Phone scams are becoming an increasingly challenging problem to address, but AI could play a significant role in tackling them. To that end, Google is rolling out an "intelligent" anti-scam shield for Pixel owners designed to enhance security while ensuring user privacy remains protected.
aaaa alasss AI being used for security. It would be much faster and secured this way. It's not everything that we can see as scam on our phones so for AI to do the work is good. But can scammers use AI to trick AI?
It is going to be like hackers...it is a game of cat and mouse. Ai will stop the scamers, scammers will use AI to beat the AI...rinse and repeat.
It's never going to end is it🤦
After its initial announcement at the 2024 I/O conference, Google is officially rolling out its Scam Detection feature for Phone by Google devices. The feature will debut on Pixel smartphones and is expected to expand to more Android devices "soon." Despite using AI, Google assures privacy-conscious users that there is no cause for concern.
Scam Detection is a real-time feature designed to shield users from scams and fraudulent activities. According to Google's announcement, the feature analyzes phone calls to identify patterns commonly associated with scams, such as impersonating a bank representative, a carrier employee, or someone urgently requesting an unsolicited fund transfer.
hold on, if the feature is analyzing phone calls what exactly does it mean? Listening to the conversation?
Will there be end to end encryption so that Google and other third parties don't listen too?
When a potential scam is detected, the system provides users with audio, haptic, and visual alerts, along with an option to quickly end the call. The feature leverages Google's Gemini Nano AI model, which runs entirely offline but requires substantial RAM. Currently, Gemini Nano is exclusive to Pixel 9 devices, but Google plans to extend the feature to older Pixel models (Pixel 6 and newer) using other "robust" on-device machine learning models.
I really need to get a Pixel soon because scams is something I try to fight. One mistake and all your assets could be lost and most of my assets are digital. When will it come to all Android devices?