Microsoft is fighting tech-support scammers' automation with artificial intelligence from its research labs.
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Tech-support scammers are harnessing automation to target victims in certain states more than others.
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By Liam Tung | June 16, 2017
Faced with skyrocketing complaints about tech-support scams, Microsoft is turning to artificial intelligence to identify the masterminds behind the fraud.
Besides prettying up iPhone photos and blitzing Ms Pac-Man, Microsoft's AI is helping fight the real-world problem of tech-support scams, whose operators are increasingly using the web to automate the fraud with pop-up ads that lock browsers to a bogus but seemingly legitimate security warning.
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That would be so awesome. I know to many that have gotten calls and one that fell for it unfortunately. 😠
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