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Google Deploys AI Tools to Combat Online Scams Across Search, Chrome, and Android

The company’s Gemini Nano model enhances scam detection, providing real-time protection on desktop and Android while reducing fraudulent search results.

In this photo illustration, Gemini Ai is seen on a phone on March 18, 2024 in New York City.
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Overview

  • Google's AI systems now block hundreds of millions of scam results daily, identifying 20 times more fraudulent pages compared to three years ago.
  • Chrome's Enhanced Protection mode integrates Gemini Nano, an on-device AI model, to detect and block emerging scams in real time on desktop.
  • New AI-powered warnings in Chrome for Android alert users to suspicious notifications, offering options to unsubscribe or view blocked content.
  • Google Messages and Phone apps now feature on-device AI to identify and block sophisticated call and text scams on Android devices.
  • AI advancements also enable Google to track and mitigate scam campaigns across languages and regions, reducing airline impersonation scams in Search by over 80%.