A British phone company is getting back at scammers with an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line with a fake grandma offering fabricated bank information.

British mobile operator O2 has created an AI-powered tool that sounds like an elderly grandmother, keeping phone scammers on calls and away from the general public. The telecoms giant said it had created the so-called “scambaiter” tool in response to research which found that seven in 10 people wanted to get their own back on scammers,

Mobile operator O2 has created an AI-powered tool that sounds like an elderly grandmother, keeping phone scammers on calls and away from the general public. The telecoms giant said it had created the so-called "scambaiter" tool in response to research which found that seven in 10 people wanted to get their own back on scammers,