Apate uses AI 'victim' bots to tie up phone scammers
Australian company Apate has built an AI-driven system that diverts phone and chat scammers onto conversations with simulated “victim” bots designed to keep scammers engaged, waste their resources, and collect intelligence; Apate says its platform (used by banks and supported by telecoms) runs roughly 350,000 bots and has collected over 250,000 fraud-related data points. Kernel Panic tested the demo and found the personas capable of sustained, natural-feeling interactions.