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AI scam callers can be broken with a few simple commands

AI-powered phone scammers can be thwarted with simple commands, according to a new report. The technology has made scams more scalable, but vulnerabilities remain that allow targets to break the automated calls.

read1 min views1 publishedJul 3, 2026

AI is coming for all our jobs, it seems, even those of phone scammers. What is the world coming to when we can't even get swindled by good, honest (well, not really) humans anymore?

The advent of AI has massively improved the scalability of these kinds of scams, to the point where a human doesn't even need to be involved in the process. — Read the rest

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