How AI chatbots are turning the tables on scammers
How AI chatbots are turning the tables on scammers  
Podcast: Marketplace Tech
Published On: Tue Jan 14 2025
Description: Scam calls about fake warranty renewals, non-existent credit card bills and more are still a global problem. But some companies and telecommunication providers are turning to AI chatbots to intercept the calls before they ever reach a real person. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino recently spoke with Dali Kaafar, founder and CEO of Apate AI, an Australia-based company creating these chatbots, about how his company is designing these bots to scam the scammers.