Help the Spammers

From Russia: an off-the-wall solution to tackle phone spam.

Last year, fintech Tinkoff introduced a free version of its AI voice assistant Oleg.  Among other things, Oleg can recognize spam callers and, rather than simply block them, can engage them in a conversation.  That ability has now been enhanced so as to have conversations that encourage spammers to look for another profession.  To quote from one report, “Oleg delivers motivational speeches on a case-by-case basis, these phrases hopefully inspiring the spammers to consider a career change.”