WhatsApp's upcoming 'Scam Alert' feature keeps your messages safe without breaking encryption
… Fortunately, though, it looks like WhatsApp is working on a 'Scam Detection' solution by itself. …
Android AICore is a background service that manages machine learning models stored on your phone. It helps run features like scam detection, audio transcription, Pixel Screenshots, and other similar tools. You can turn it off and get some space back, but that means taking away the AI features your phone was sold with, which is a big part of the pitch now. Manufacturers are pushing AI much harder than any meaningful hardware upgrades lately. Google recently updated its support documentation to explain why AICore can balloon. When the system updates a local model, AICore keeps both old and new v
AICore is turning 128GB Android phones into a storage nightmare… Fortunately, though, it looks like WhatsApp is working on a 'Scam Detection' solution by itself. …
… With that said, some features are going to be better than others, but one of the more important ones to highlight is the Pixel's new ability to detect impersonation scams using fake call detection. …
… However, the person on the other end isn't your mom — it’s a scammer using AI tools to impersonate her and demand money from you for a fake emergency. This is the exact type of scenario that fake call detection will protect against. …
… It will make the entire process much more restrictive, in a bid to thwart scammers and malware-infected apps. …
… It helps run features like scam detection, audio transcription, Pixel Screenshots, and other similar tools. …
… The on-device Gemini Nano powers smaller features like Help me write and on-device scam detection, which are buried in menus most people never open. …