Airtel unveils AI-powered spam alert service to tame fraud messages

According to the telco, the AI system will scan every SMS in real time and warn users against clicking suspicious links.

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Airtel customers will now be able to filter potentially scam messages after the telco unveiled a system to flag and label all suspected messages in a fresh effort to tame runaway text fraud.

The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered spam detection system, which closely mirrors the service offered by caller ID app Truecaller, will be made available to Airtel users immediately at no cost.

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