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Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages

The new enhanced protection setting builds on Scam Detection in Google Messages and uses cloud-based analysis, rolling out over the coming weeks; your cousin's gift card requests may finally get flagged.

On air: Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman on The Midday Show
Published 12:33 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: Android (operating system) — Photo: Pang Ka Kit · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by The Verge: “Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 12:33 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Vera Bullock and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Android, Google, AI.
BBN covered this story before: Amazon's Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, a $699 3D printer and AI rules (October 14).

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The VergeAndroid is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages

What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIn other news, Android is rolling out AI to spot scammers in Google Messages, with a new enhanced protection setting coming in the coming weeks.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo a robot will now read my texts to decide who's lying. It's about time somebody screened my cousin Neville.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNeville texted me last week asking for gift cards.