
The job of tricking the staff members falls on bot callers that speak multiple languages and are trained to impersonate any character, from a purveyor of lottery-win news to a bank fraud-prevention officer.
The dashboard of the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered app then displays how the unsuspecting cohort responded, how many gave away sensitive information, and who failed the test.
This solution, built by Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) students Xavier Woon and Rohan Senthil—both 20—with five other schoolmates, is one of the projects displayed at the Artificial Intelligence Festival Asia, where NYP announced plans to have students take up internships to solve real-life issues faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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