Google just announced a few new ways it plans to detect scams using artificial intelligence for Chrome, Google Search and Android users.
Google is using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model, to provide insight on risky websites so the tech giant is aware of more scams and can offer better protection against them. Google is already using Gemini Nano to protect users against remote tech support scams and hopes to extend the support to Android in the future.
Google also has a new feature that will detect spam disguised as website notifications and is launching AI-powered warning alerts for scam notifications for Chrome on Android. Google will give you the option to unsubscribe from the notification or see the content that was blocked. If you find that the warning was an error, you can allow future notifications from that site.
Lastly, Google announced its AI-powered Scam Detection in Google Messages and Phone by Google to protect Android users from receiving scam phone calls and text messages. The scam detection feature will give a warning that the phone call or message is likely a scam, but you'll have the option to allow future messages if Google's notification is an error.