‘AI Granny’ is happy to talk with phone scammers all day

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/ai-granny-is-happy-to-talk-with-phone-scammers-all-day/

He’d used one himself. He wasn’t proud of it but it had been useful at the time. He’d been busy,: work, relationships, living in the big city. He loved his mum but she kept wanting to hear, from him, phoning him. So he bought a “Call Home”. It had regularly, dutifully had a quick conversation. Kept her happy. He didn’t think she ever knew. He didn’t use it now. He was older and to be honest, he felt a little guilty so he called her. But there was something not quite right about the calls. It sounded like her but…