Google has an idea to prevent phone scams, but it'll mean allowing its AI to listen in on your calls

• Google is testing its Gemini AI to detect and alert users of potential scams during phone calls.
• The AI alerts users of scam patterns like urgent payment demands.
• Google promised to keep data from the phone calls private.

Google is playing around with AI tech that would listen to your calls and warn you of potential scams.

Google announced on X on Tuesday that it's testing a new Gemini AI feature that "provides real-time alerts during a call if it detects conversation patterns commonly associated with scams."