Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls | TechCrunch

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• RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this just an excuse to listen to your phone calls?

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Correction: They already listen to all of your calls and have been training their models on it

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• Lath@kbin.earth ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Huh. Guess my bank isn't my bank for telling me to move my money in a separate account to keep it safe (from myself).

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  • to55@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    People really do fall for this. I believe this mainly affects the elderly.

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    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I tried explaining to a nice elderly woman that the person texting her asking to buy Steam cards wasn’t actually Jason Momoa, but she couldn’t be convinced. Fortunately, the manager at that store forbid anyone from selling her any gift cards of any kind.

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• etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You just have to opt in to letting Google listen to everything? (I did not read article – sorry.)

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  • ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the smallest version of Google’s Generative AI offering, which can be run entirely on-device.

    It’s not known what information is sent to Google but they stated the calls are analyzed on the device and not sent to the cloud.

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    • DudeDudenson@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Soo they’re analyzing them as you speak and sending the result to the cloud?

      With a full transcript for debugging purposes of course!

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  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You already do that by using any Google product at all.

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